Moving With Rock Flowers?

Evan West · Mar 21, 2017

So I want to get some Rock Flowers but Im in college and move in and out of the dorms with my tank, do you think the rock flowers will handle this okay?

Liquid360 · Mar 21, 2017

They're pretty hardy animals. I wouldn't suspect a problem assuming same tank/water.

Evan West · Mar 21, 2017

Liquid360 said:
They're pretty hardy animals. I wouldn't suspect a problem assuming same tank/water.

Yeah I take all the water with me

Evan West · Mar 21, 2017

#reefsqad my own thread here lol....get some more opinions in here

ksfulk · Mar 21, 2017

Rock nems are super sturdy. I have... seven or eight in my tank. They've lived through multiple tank transfers, living in totes with clamp on lights and all kinds of other ridiculousness. Once you get them settled, 100% bulletproof

Evan West · Mar 22, 2017

How are they on staying put? I cant have a blocked overflow

Jimbo662 · Mar 22, 2017

I've got 9 and have seen very little movement. They tend to crawl around staying attached to rocks / walls as they move. Never seen one let go and float around like a BTA.

ksfulk · Mar 22, 2017

Evan West said:
How are they on staying put? I cant have a blocked overflow

They dont usually walk much. They want their foot protected - either at the base of a rock into the sand, or into a crevice. Generally I turn off all of the pumps and place them in the area I want them to stay. It usually only takes a moment or two for them to attach initially - then give them 10-20 minutes to firmly attach before turning everything back on. They may scuttle a little for position if they are getting blasted with flow, but they dont wander if they are healthy.

Evan West · Mar 22, 2017

Lol awesome! Im looking at either making my refugium section in the sump a little rock flower garden or im gonna put one in the display. Gotta just decide if i want a useful refugium or a nem garden

flexiblewater · Mar 22, 2017

Agreed very hardy and once they find a spot they rarely move about and they really pop under blues

Saltdaddy · Mar 23, 2017

I was wondering do they like med to low flow, med to low light or can they handle more?

Maritimer · Mar 23, 2017

My rockflowers have mostly stayed put, as long as they're being fed and receiving plenty of light. I have had trouble with smaller "ultra" rockflowers and peppermint shrimp. The peppermints don't bother the "ordinary" rockflowers, just the bright, expensive ones. (>_<)

Mine tend to stay in or near the sand, and have cheerfully withstood 100% flow from two X-50 Gyre pumps in synced mode - in a 65 gallon tank. They don't wander a lot, but can move if they decide they need to. (How does a creature with no brain "decide" anything, anyway?!)

~Bruce

flexiblewater · Mar 23, 2017

Maritimer said:
My rockflowers have mostly stayed put, as long as they're being fed and receiving plenty of light. I have had trouble with smaller "ultra" rockflowers and peppermint shrimp. The peppermints don't bother the "ordinary" rockflowers, just the bright, expensive ones. (>_<)

Mine tend to stay in or near the sand, and have cheerfully withstood 100% flow from two X-50 Gyre pumps in synced mode - in a 65 gallon tank. They don't wander a lot, but can move if they decide they need to. (How does a creature with no brain "decide" anything, anyway?!)

~Bruce

Just added some peps and mine are all ultra hopefully they leave them alone.