Rock Flower Anemone Breeding System

DangerDave · Dec 4, 2018

Forgot to mention I put a moonlight led system on (apex)...

MSB123 · Dec 4, 2018

DangerDave said:
Forgot to mention I put a moonlight led system on (apex)...

I have a moonlight (Kessil A160 we) that i use and now after about a week of my new RFA’s adjusting, I’m pretty sure they spawned last night.

DangerDave · Dec 4, 2018

MSB123 said:
I have a moonlight (Kessil A160 we) that i use and now after about a week of my new RFA’s adjusting, I’m pretty sure they spawned last night.

What makes you think they spawned? I’d like to know what I should be looking out for, short of seeing them in action.

MSB123 · Dec 4, 2018

DangerDave said:
What makes you think they spawned? I’d like to know what I should be looking out for, short of seeing them in action.

You see them in action. Look for white particles in the water.

DangerDave · Dec 5, 2018

Any particular time? Is it when it’s on the moonlights? I was observing the tank later in the evening last night hoping to catch some action. Didn’t see much, but I turned off the flow for a bit to get an overhead shot. This is with low lights (blue only), and an orange gel filter to compensate.

MSB123 · Dec 5, 2018

I saw it happen at about 10pm. 1.5 hours after moonlights turn on.

david_ma · Dec 7, 2018

Most recent photo with some ultra rare ones that you can’t see!

Nburg's Reef · Dec 7, 2018

so how do you go about removing the babies from a rock to move into another tank? I would like to start propagating and selling as you don't see many labeled as captive bread.

david_ma · Dec 7, 2018

I’ve tried many ways in the last and I came down to the conclusion that it’s best to leave them with their mother till they are grown enough. They had the biggest chance of survival by doing so from my experience

DangerDave · Dec 8, 2018

david_ma said:
Most recent photo with some ultra rare ones that you can’t see!

Great pic!

Nburg's Reef · Dec 8, 2018

david_ma said:
I’ve tried many ways in the last and I came down to the conclusion that it’s best to leave them with their mother till they are grown enough. They had the biggest chance of survival by doing so from my experience

Would you recommend spot feeding with small foods while in the DT, then moving when they are large enough?

eggplantparrot · Dec 8, 2018

Oh man these put my local bigals "ultras" to shame.

KLEMS · Dec 11, 2018

david_ma said:
Most recent photo with some ultra rare ones that you can’t see!

What size tank are these in? How much flow and what type of lighting?

Salty.Reefer · Dec 12, 2018

AcroNem · Dec 12, 2018

Nburg said:
so how do you go about removing the babies from a rock to move into another tank? I would like to start propagating and selling as you don't see many labeled as captive bread.

They're not attached very well when initially released, and are pretty easy to move. I've used everything from turkey basters to siphon hoses to move them.

david_ma said:
I’ve tried many ways in the last and I came down to the conclusion that it’s best to leave them with their mother till they are grown enough. They had the biggest chance of survival by doing so from my experience

My results have been entirely different, that having them separated and fed yeilds better results. But that's why we're all contributing, so we know what's best.

Nburg said:
Would you recommend spot feeding with small foods while in the DT, then moving when they are large enough?

I start spot feeding a day or so after they're released, when you move them is up to you. Either way yes food is a good idea

david_ma · Dec 13, 2018

Nburg said:
Would you recommend spot feeding with small foods while in the DT, then moving when they are large enough?

Sure, yes. Small amounts of food

david_ma · Dec 13, 2018

KLEMS said:
What size tank are these in? How much flow and what type of lighting?

This is a 29 biocube with ai leds. Medium flow

DangerDave · Jan 29, 2019

Is there anything specific you guys are doing with them? I'm about 5 months in. Most of them have grown from the size of a quarter to the size of a drink coaster. Some are still in-between. I haven't seen any spawning events, and haven't had any babies yet.

I'm going to be patient here and just let it go at least through the end of 2019, but any tips would be welcome. Any detail, even if it seems mundane please feel free to offer it.

Dave

Salty.Reefer · Jan 29, 2019

Does anyone have any advice for dealing with bacterial infections? I lost almost all my mature anemones this past month. Slowly one by one they would melt. I even tried relocating some to a different tank but it didn’t help. All my babies seem to be present but all the adult but two have melted.