Show me your expensive "weed"

[Nor'easter Reefer]

Everyone has that one coral that for some reason grows way better than the rest. Oftentimes it makes sense, its a hardy easy coral. Sometimes in a strange turn of events its a more expensive or rare coral that just loves your tank for some reason. Lets see some "expensive weeds" that seem to love your setup!

 

[flinster]

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[FlameangelLover]

Idk why but this 250$ anemone LOVES my tank and I don’t get it

 

[Nor'easter Reefer]

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I'm sitting at break and showed my coworker my username(being from Maine we get nor'easter storms) and we just discussed how i'm either a mainer into reef tanks or looking to open up a shop

 

[Nor'easter Reefer]

Idk why but this 250$ anemone LOVES my tank and I don’t get it

I have been considering a anenome clownfish tank tied into my system down in the basement. Never kept them before!

 

[Sophie"s mom]

I have been considering a anenome clownfish tank tied into my system down in the basement. Never kept them before!

Be careful! I had ONE rainbow BTA, and I now have over 50! They are literally taking over my tank!

 

[Nor'easter Reefer]

Be careful! I had ONE rainbow BTA, and I now have over 50! They are literally taking over my tank!

They dont shoot out spores like aiptasia though. They just split correct? So as long as I contain then to a seperate tank, thats tied into my system I should be fine?

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Be careful! I had ONE rainbow BTA, and I now have over 50! They are literally taking over my tank!

We need pictures!

 

[Sophie"s mom]

They dont shoot out spores like aiptasia though. They just split correct? So as long as I contain then to a seperate tank, thats tied into my system I should be fine?

Correct! The first time mine split, it was into 3, then 6, and so on. You should be fine. I am going to get rid of a lot of mine simply because I do not want them killing any of my corals. But for anemone and fish only tank, they will be awesome.

 

[Sophie"s mom]

We need pictures!

When I get home I will be happy to take some and put them up. It's really kind of cutely crazy.

 

[X-37B]

Nems!
I had 9 nems in my 35 nem system at one time. I rehomed some when they started splitting.
I got down to 2 long tentacles and put one small bubble in my frag system.
The 2 are doing well with the pair of naked clowns. They both split now and I have 4.

 

[FlameangelLover]

Idk why but this 250$ anemone LOVES my tank and I don’t get it

I have been considering a anenome clownfish tank tied into my system down in the basement. Never kept them before!

I am a new reefer and everyone told me how hard they are to take care of and I still put one in my tank 3 months in. And it’s an expensive one at that. My tank crashed and it still stayed alive and also it GREW? For some reason nothing does well in my tank but the Colorado sunburst

 

[Nor'easter Reefer]

I am a new reefer and everyone told me how hard they are to take care of and I still put one in my tank 3 months in. And it’s an expensive one at that. My tank crashed and it still stayed alive and also it GREW? For some reason nothing does well in my tank but the Colorado sunburst

They are beautiful! I'm gonna have to do some research to figure out what would be best for an anenome+clown tank

 

[Nor'easter Reefer]

Nems!
I had 9 nems in my 35 nem system at one time. I rehomed some when they started splitting.
I got down to 2 long tentacles and put one small bubble in my frag system.
The 2 are doing well with the pair of naked clowns. They both split now and I have 4.

I was under the impression long tentacles got huge and needed a huge tank!

 

[X-37B]

They are beautiful! I'm gonna have to do some research to figure out what would be best for an anenome+clown tank

Simple clown system. 35g RS170 with, live rock, 5 fish, snails, crabs, large hammer and now 4 nems.
I moved the hammer and the nems keep their distance.
System is 15 months.

 

[Nor'easter Reefer]

Simple clown system. 35g RS170 with, live rock, 5 fish, snails, crabs, large hammer and now 4 nems.
I moved the hammer and the nems keep their distance.
System is 15 months.

That things beautiful!

 

[X-37B]

I was under the impression long tentacles got huge and needed a huge tank!

Yes they can get big. I would rather have 1-2 large than a tank full of small ones though. They grow like weeds if happy.
The lfs where I got mine have a 150 that is over run with nems.
They can't sell them fast enough.

 

[Nor'easter Reefer]

Yes they can get big. I would rather have 1-2 large than a tank full of small ones though. They grow like weeds if happy.
The lfs where I got mine have a 150 that is over run with nems.
They can't sell them fast enough.

Yea none of my LFS have any problems like that I wish I had a really good LFS like some I see on here haha

 

[X-37B]

This is the bubble I removed and put in my 50g frag system.

 

[Nor'easter Reefer]

This is the bubble I removed and put in my 50g frag system.

I really need to create a need for a frag tank soon I upped my lighting recently so hopefully I start getting too many frags for racks in my tank haha