I received a box of rocks today.

[NY_Caveman]

 

[fishguy242]

STUNNING!!!

 

[RichtheReefer21]

Beautiful captures brian.

Spam.

 

[NY_Caveman]

 

[najer]

I always enjoy your fts, very nice.

 

[RichtheReefer21]

I can believe that mushroom hasnt split yet.

 

[Shaka_Reefer]

I love your anemones! What kind are they? I have 40g that I’d like to convert into an anemone tank.

 

[NY_Caveman]

I love your anemones! What kind are they? I have 40g that I’d like to convert into an anemone tank.

Regular old Bubble Tip Anemones. They are essentially green with pink tips, although they often look more blue under my LEDs. A couple of people have commented they have seen them sold as Jolly Rancher BTAs. If either split again I may have to unload ASAP, LOL!

 

[Shaka_Reefer]

Regular old Bubble Tip Anemones. They are essentially green with pink tips, although they often look more blue under my LEDs. A couple of people have commented they have seen them sold as Jolly Rancher BTAs. If either split again I may have to unload ASAP, LOL!

Well you can unload some my way! Hehe

 

[fishguy242]

they do have awesome colors ,and are very happy

 

[Crabby48]

I will have you know I studied every square pixel of this image and it is full of beautiful life of all kinds.

When I fully zoomed in on my phone. Unimaginable to see in person.

What's the green beauty in the back.

LEGO man wants you to give him a beer

 

[NY_Caveman]

LEGO man wants you to give him a beer

“Beer me!”

 

[NY_Caveman]

The clone might just consume the tank at this point. I feel like he grew a couple inches more since August started.

 

[fishguy242]

hi,cannot zoom in ,is that a bird,a plane,well you know

 

[Raege]

The clone might just consume the tank at this point. I feel like he grew a couple inches more since August started.

It still blows my mind how the split has grown so much bigger than the original. It certainly found its ideal spot in the tank to thrive! Reefing a game of such minute changes that can produce such different results. A little higher in water column so little more light and a bit of different flow and bingo it’s a teenager on a growth spurt.

 

[NY_Caveman]

As much as I love my BTAs, and I really do, I still long for an H. magnifica. I had one in the early nineties as I have mentioned before. There is just something amazing about that anemone. Like it actually has a personality.

 

[NY_Caveman]

It still blows my mind how the split has grown so much bigger than the original. It certainly found its ideal spot in the tank to thrive! Reefing a game of such minute changes that can produce such different results. A little higher in water column so little more light and a bit of different flow and bingo it’s a teenager on a growth spurt.

Right! Having clones side by side was the perfect, unintended experiment.

 

[NY_Caveman]

It concerns me honestly. The tank display is only 15” wide. At some point soon I figure it has to split. If it does maybe I will have a contest or something to give it away. Two is already a lot for my small tank.

 

[Raege]

Right! Having clones side by side was the perfect, unintended experiment.

Now my mind wonders why did original stick in its current Spot? The spot works for it so does a nem have a min requirement that once met says forgetaboutit I ain’t moving no more or just something different between the two that wasn’t quite identical. Fascinating creatures to be certain now to wait for the 2nd to split and see what becomes of a third nem! Your going to need a bigger tank!

Edit Jinx posted and saw your above lol

 

[NY_Caveman]

In my opinion, the key to making an anemone stay put is having a secure hole or crevice for the foot. This is especially true for BTAs I believe which tend to live on the rockwork. I posted this before and worth repeating. The original sits in the crevice in this rock

When I purchased my live rock back in 2018, I saw this in an invert display tank and I had to have it. I just knew an anemone would never leave the security of that tight hole and it never has.