SBB - Pre Black Friday- 900 WYSWYG Corals!

steveschuerger · Nov 8, 2023

stoney7713 said:
If you were close I would give you some rainbow BTAs. I really think they are pretty reef safe, I've had them in contact with corals and never lost a fish to them either. But there is always a chance with any anemone.

Yeah, I had a joker nem that ate a black leopard wrasse. Pretty crazy, even if the wrasse was a bit smaller at 1.5 inch.

Kasrift · Nov 8, 2023

Since you were pick 5 and there were only five prizes, you got a st Thomas mushroom.

billyocean said:
Ypu won something but don't know what it was out of the prizes

Zero_Cool · Nov 8, 2023

Oddly enough, I am not a fan of anemone in a reef tank at all unless it is a species specific tank designed around them. My wife very much wanted one thinking that the clown pair we had in the big tank needed a home so we added one (a rose BTA). Not only did the clowns NOT choose to live in the anemone but it split, and those 2 split again. At one time we had 5 RBTA in the tank and it has been a pain in the butt trying to remove them. We are down to 2 but they are still taking up valuable SBB SPS space at the top of the rockwork. Tried all sorts of things to remove them to no avail.

stoney7713 · Nov 8, 2023

Zero_Cool said:
Oddly enough, I am not a fan of anemone in a reef tank at all unless it is a species specific tank designed around them. My wife very much wanted one thinking that the clown pair we had in the big tank needed a home so we added one (a rose BTA). Not only did the clowns NOT choose to live in the anemone but it split, and those 2 split again. At one time we had 5 RBTA in the tank and it has been a pain in the butt trying to remove them. We are down to 2 but they are still taking up valuable SBB SPS space at the top of the rockwork. Tried all sorts of things to remove them to no avail.

Did you try a nem cannon?

Kasrift · Nov 8, 2023

Zero_Cool said:
Oddly enough, I am not a fan of anemone in a reef tank at all unless it is a species specific tank designed around them. My wife very much wanted one thinking that the clown pair we had in the big tank needed a home so we added one (a rose BTA). Not only did the clowns NOT choose to live in the anemone but it split, and those 2 split again. At one time we had 5 RBTA in the tank and it has been a pain in the butt trying to remove them. We are down to 2 but they are still taking up valuable SBB SPS space at the top of the rockwork. Tried all sorts of things to remove them to no avail.

There are Anemone cannons which is just putting pipe over them so they climb up the pipe and you just remove the PVC, I think that is how they work.

I just put an ice cube on their foot and they let go pretty quick if you just hold it there for a couple of mins.

stoney7713 · Nov 8, 2023

Zero_Cool said:
Oddly enough, I am not a fan of anemone in a reef tank at all unless it is a species specific tank designed around them. My wife very much wanted one thinking that the clown pair we had in the big tank needed a home so we added one (a rose BTA). Not only did the clowns NOT choose to live in the anemone but it split, and those 2 split again. At one time we had 5 RBTA in the tank and it has been a pain in the butt trying to remove them. We are down to 2 but they are still taking up valuable SBB SPS space at the top of the rockwork. Tried all sorts of things to remove them to no avail.

A Malu nem stays relatively small, 8-10 inches, a host to clownfish, prefers a sandbed, and doesn't split. Just make sure it's a Malu and not a crispa. Crispa gets larger and prefers to bury its foot in the rocks.

billyocean · Nov 8, 2023

Zero_Cool said:
Oddly enough, I am not a fan of anemone in a reef tank at all unless it is a species specific tank designed around them. My wife very much wanted one thinking that the clown pair we had in the big tank needed a home so we added one (a rose BTA). Not only did the clowns NOT choose to live in the anemone but it split, and those 2 split again. At one time we had 5 RBTA in the tank and it has been a pain in the butt trying to remove them. We are down to 2 but they are still taking up valuable SBB SPS space at the top of the rockwork. Tried all sorts of things to remove them to no avail.

stoney7713 said:
Did you try a nem cannon?

You can use this.....works everytime.

stoney7713 · Nov 8, 2023

Kasrift said:
There are Anemone cannons which is just putting pipe over them so they climb up the pipe and you just remove the PVC, I think that is how they work.

I just put an ice cube on their foot and they let go pretty quick if you just hold it there for a couple of mins.

I'm sure @billyocean is thinking nem cannon, where you load up some black powder, stuff the nem in it, and shoot it at your annoying neighbors ...

Kasrift · Nov 8, 2023

stoney7713 said:
A Malu nem stays relatively small, 8-10 inches, a host to clownfish, prefers a sandbed, and doesn't split. Just make sure it's a Malu and not a crispa. Crispa gets larger and prefers to bury its foot in the rocks.

Malu aren't very common though. Funny enough, the consensus is that nexus BTAs stay small. Mine are tiny compared to the green one I have.

Kasrift · Nov 8, 2023

billyocean said:
You can use this.....works everytime.

Will you ship that manly hand of yours to other CA members?

stoney7713 · Nov 8, 2023

Magnetic feeder for my copperband, as soon as my print schedule clears...

sadrobotz · Nov 8, 2023

stoney7713 said:
Magnetic feeder for my copperband, as soon as my print schedule clears...

mine and thuan's LFS just got some copperbands in, methinks i might be buying one this weekend

stoney7713 · Nov 8, 2023

Kasrift said:
Malu aren't very common though. Funny enough, the consensus is that nexus BTAs stay small. Mine are tiny compared to the green one I have.

Which is why I like to get a Malu that much more!

My Black Widow just keeps growing compared to the RBTAs. I really like it too.

Thuan · Nov 8, 2023

@stoney7713 . You now have me wanting to add a fish. I used to have a blonde naso with streamer but he died. I"m looking to get another one and

billyocean · Nov 8, 2023

Kasrift said:
Will you ship that manly hand of yours to other CA members?

The deliver drivers don't like stickers being put on themselves that say "fragile handle with care" when they transport it.

stoney7713 · Nov 8, 2023

sadrobotz said:
mine and thuan's LFS just got some copperbands in, methinks i might be buying one this weekend

Remember they like to pick food off rocks, they don't typically eat from the water column. They will learn to eventually but smashing frozen food into the rocks is an ideal way to get them eating.

sadrobotz · Nov 8, 2023

stoney7713 said:
Remember they like to pick food off rocks, they don't typically eat from the water column. They will learn to eventually but smashing frozen food into the rocks is an ideal way to get them eating.

dang that is a great idea, thank you! i have a veritable forest of aiptasia happening so hopefully he will like that, as well

Thuan · Nov 8, 2023

stoney7713 said:
Remember they like to pick food off rocks, they don't typically eat from the water column. They will learn to eventually but smashing frozen food into the rocks is an ideal way to get them eating.

you can always wrap a piece of clam meat in a mesh net and tie it to a piece of rock and the copperband can peck at it