Rock Anemone babies!

[bruleyii]

They look like something from the movie aliens and they are going to grab my face.

 

[bruleyii]

Any noticeable changes? Getting color yet?

 

[AcroNem]

Changes are slowly happening. There's 50 or so I can still keep track of. About 15 still in the glass, I've taken off the mesh so they can leave once they detach. The missing ones have either been claimed by the gyre or died off I assumed there'd be mortality but it's a lot lower than I thought it would be. They're about the size of a small Zoanthid polyp now. Colors are kind of coming in, lots of what looks like a yellowish green, I'm hoping for some reds as they develop. Feeding is the same, but is all broadcast fed now. Pics below, taken at around 4:30am with a true white LED flashlight.

One right on a Zoanthid frag, shows size fairly well, about 4 times bigger than they are at birth.

Once they settle on the ceramic block, they don't move again, so they must like it right under the halide which is surprising.

 

[AcroNem]

Random pictures of the adults because they look seriously good under the Halides

 

[AcroNem]

I'm finally home during the day! Getting to see everything open is great. Here's the ceramic block that's getting more and more settling on it every day. There's like twenty something right on the top.

 

[Dan I]

This is really cool. Rock anemones are really nice looking. I am so tempted to get one now.

 

[Leslie Tabor]

This the best babyou thread! such cute little things!

 

[AcroNem]

This is really cool. Rock anemones are really nice looking. I am so tempted to get one now.

Go for it, I feel like they're a fairly overlooked species, even some of the photoshopped and over hyped one's being sold online aren't getting a lot of traction (which is good. I hate the hype around corals) but I love the way they look, and I'm loving raising them so I'll be getting more adults soon.

 

[AcroNem]

This the best babyou thread! such cute little things!

Thank you! They're adorable. Can't wait for the next batch.

 

[Leslie Tabor]

Thank you! They're adorable. Can't wait for the next batch.

I am so sorry my phone is ridiculous with the autocorrect! Why baby became "babyou" I have no idea!! If you need to clear some out, I would gladly take some of your hands!

 

[bruleyii]

Nice! You can start to see a little bit of pattern on them. This will be really interesting.

 

[jason_mazzy]

did you post how many months until natural color selection happens?

 

[AcroNem]

I have not, they're 34 days old, patterns and a little color are starting to show.

 

[AcroNem]

did you post how many months until natural color selection happens?

Sorry forgot to quote you in my last reply

 

[JaimeAdams]

@eleet has baby rock flower anemonies. Maybe she could chime in on how long it takes for them to develop adult c0lorations,

 

[AcroNem]

@eleet has baby rock flower anemonies. Maybe she could chime in on how long it takes for them to develop adult c0lorations,

That'd be great. I've been curious how long it's taken them to develop in other systems.

 

[bruleyii]

I got to reading on a few other forums out of curiosity and the thread I found said it took this one person 4-5 weeks and they were spot feeding for faster growth.

 

[AcroNem]

I got to reading on a few other forums out of curiosity and the thread I found said it took this one person 4-5 weeks and they were spot feeding for faster growth.

I'm just over the 4 week mark and feeding heavily so let's hope that time line is the same. These may be another week before colors actually start to be noticeable. They're much easier to pick out now due to darkening and patterns, if they could hurry up and grow that would be nice (;

 

[AcroNem]

I found a couple with actual color. 2 of the bigger ones, and they're still in the glass so I kind of ignored them and didn't notice. But, they're red. Tried to get a pic with my phone.

 

[eleet]

That'd be great. I've been curious how long it's taken them to develop in other systems.

Mine have taken anywhere from 4-8 weeks to see colors. I'll grab a pic of the babies that I have right now.