Best place to purchase anemones?

[OneFish]

What is the best place to purchase nice BTAs that aren't going to cost an arm and a leg? Middle of the road stuff! It seems like a lot of places are selling (what I think look like typical rainbows ;Cyclops) them for like $200+ which I think seems a bit steep.

 

[James M]

Check the selling forums

 

[ShaunRobinson]

What is the best place to purchase nice BTAs that aren't going to cost an arm and a leg? Middle of the road stuff! It seems like a lot of places are selling (what I think look like typical rainbows ;Cyclops) them for like $200+ which I think seems a bit steep.

This seems to be a bit of an issue in reefkeeping at the moment especially over there with anything that doesn’t quite look like a normal colour or morph being called something else and having an astronomical price tag for gullible reefers. (See also ‘bounce mushrooms’, zoas and pretty much anything with an ‘ultra’ description).

My advice would be never to buy one mail order, look for one in your lfs that looks healthy and inflated or better still try to get a tank split one off a local reefer that will be hardier and already accustomed to tank life.

Shaun.