My New Rose

akabryanhall · Oct 3, 2010

Here is my new Rose
It is beautiful with awesome red coloration and white accents, saw the same one at another lfs for $250, I paid $69.
Acclimating for 1 hour

Had an issue getting it's foot attached, these things float..

The place I hope it stays

Curiosity

Apparently, bta's are clownfish crack

My clowns are a little bit over enthusiastic, not my male so much, but my black and white female is a fatty about 3 times as big as my male, and it has taken the anemone over.
She's gonna love it and squeeze it lay on it and play with it and hopefully not kill it.

clowns101 · Oct 3, 2010

$250 bucks,WOW!Thats is really high for a RBTA.

I just sold of 2 RBTA's for $25 apiece,Nice pick up!

akabryanhall · Oct 4, 2010

Thanks man, just the person I wanted to hear from actually. Do I have to worry about my clown killing it with kindness? I knew they would eventually like it, but the love affair was instantaneous. This is the first nem either has ever seen, instinct is wonderful, but instinct does not allow the anemone to settle in first apparently.

skinz78 · Oct 4, 2010

Good looking nem there! Mine kept moving where I didn't want it to go so it had to go.

clowns101 · Oct 4, 2010

Great!Im hear all the time actully,so an question just ask!

I wouldnt worry to much right now,I generally like my anemones to be double the size of the clown,just to be sure,but,I have had clownfish be hosted by anemones that are smaller,I had a 5" tomato clownfish in a 2 inch RBTA,with no problems,after a bit though,at night the anemone would get pretty mad,but other than that they lived happliy for 2+ months.

akabryanhall · Oct 4, 2010

Thanks for the compliment skinz, hopefully it
A. Makes It
B. Keeps the bubble tips
C. Stays the hel in place

clowns101 · Oct 4, 2010

Hope it does all that,they however,A.Do live,so thats good!B.They do tend to lose the bubbles,let hope this one doesnt,and C.THey do tend to move,but we can deal with that later on!

Good luck!

akabryanhall · Oct 4, 2010

clowns101 said:
Great!Im hear all the time actully,so an question just ask!

I wouldnt worry to much right now,I generally like my anemones to be double the size of the clown,just to be sure,but,I have had clownfish be hosted by anemones that are smaller,I had a 5" tomato clownfish in a 2 inch RBTA,with no problems,after a bit though,at night the anemone would get pretty mad,but other than that they lived happliy for 2+ months.

Thanks Austin,
What is concerning me is that the foot is now pretty deep, and the rubbing Harry is doing to the RBTA is rubbing the tentacles against the rocks.
As far as a bta being $250, it's nutty, I have seen pink and orange one for $750 for an iddy biddy one before, too much for my taste. $70 was just right.

clowns101 · Oct 4, 2010

I wouldnt be worried about the tentecals getting rubbed up against the rocks,I honestly think that the statment "if there is a hole in the anemone,it will die".I have ripped like 6 holes in my LTA's foot and he has lived with me for 2 years now,if it were a Ritteri or a Gigantea,then I would worry,but LTA's and BTA's are both pretty hardy and I have had no problems with them,but my LTA is 18 inches so it could be he is just so used to me he could care less.

But I think you will be alright!Let me know if there are any problems!

Now $750 is a crazy price for an anemone,I havent ever spent over $200 on one,so $750 is crazy to me!

akabryanhall · Oct 4, 2010

So I got home from work and it's moved slightly but seems stable.
I took some flash photos so you can see coloration, looks happy so far!

I scared off Harry my female, so nemo hopped in

Here's Harry doing her best orca impression..

condor · Oct 4, 2010

cool that your clowns went right for it!

stedfast82 · Oct 4, 2010

i have 5 of them and i would not sell them for more that 50 buck's very nice pick up but 250$ wow that's just not cool

clowns101 · Oct 4, 2010

Looks like it might have split,mouth looks way off to the side.

akabryanhall · Oct 4, 2010

condor said:
cool that your clowns went right for it!

Concerned me a bit at first, but yeah, less than 10 minutes and they have never seen a nem before.

akabryanhall · Oct 4, 2010

stedfast82 said:
i have 5 of them and i would not sell them for more that 50 buck's very nice pick up but 250$ wow that's just not cool

I had the option of getting a smaller one for 39, but I wanted the bigger, plus I really like the white streaks.

akabryanhall · Oct 4, 2010

clowns101 said:
Looks like it might have split,mouth looks way off to the side.

Fingers crossed! Wouldn't that be sweet!

kev2me · Oct 5, 2010

akabryanhall said:
I scared off Harry my female, so helmet hopped in

Helmet has a cool first stripe.

akabryanhall · Oct 5, 2010

Thanks Kev, that was the reason I got him, started out with two oscillaris, the female died and I got this male, I think Harry had already began to turn when I introduced this guy.
Here you can see the broken stripe from the side