Salty.Reefer
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My current RFAs and some I found in a local tide pool
Rock flower show off thread!
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lmm1967
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What lights are you guys using to get those colors to pop like that?
I bought a WYSIWYG flower nem and when I got it - HOLY COW - it's about the color of a chocolate milkshake and looks NOTHING like the colors in the photo.
I expect it to perhaps not be as bright and colorful as a photo used to sell it - but I'm seriously wondering if I even got what I paid for.
I bought a WYSIWYG flower nem and when I got it - HOLY COW - it's about the color of a chocolate milkshake and looks NOTHING like the colors in the photo.
I expect it to perhaps not be as bright and colorful as a photo used to sell it - but I'm seriously wondering if I even got what I paid for.
This is a photo from January? I think.
Largest one is about 4.5" across. Mainly rock anemone tank but it does have other assorted stuff in there as you can see.
Have you had any spawn in that tank?
What lighting are you running? Most likely the sellers photo was under full blue leds. That's when they glow the best.
lmm1967
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Currently under an Orbit LED - I've played with the colors on the light just to see if I could get some coloration out of it. Might have to put it in my other tank with the Kessil's.
He seems happy - attached almost immediately, has stayed attached and not moved at all. Just fed him a piece of shrimp and he was happy to take it.
Obviously my photo was taken quickly with an iPhone - but the color is accurate to what I see.
Currently under an Orbit LED - I've played with the colors on the light just to see if I could get some coloration out of it. Might have to put it in my other tank with the Kessil's.
He seems happy - attached almost immediately, has stayed attached and not moved at all. Just fed him a piece of shrimp and he was happy to take it.
Obviously my photo was taken quickly with an iPhone - but the color is accurate to what I see.
Too much white light, not enough blues. Can you run just the blues on that fixture?
lmm1967
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yep - gave it just a little bit of color - but not much TBH.
I'll be moving him to another tank that will have Kessils and T5's - also deeper but will have more flow.
Rock anemones look best in the blue spectrum of lighting. If you run T5's, running heavy in the AB+ spectrum will get some colors to appear.
My system runs T5's for about 4 hours during the day, using four AB+ spectrum bulbs. But for most of the day, I run a modified AB+ spectrum on the Radion, that is what your currently seeing in my photo.
If you want colors like the photos, having the majority of your par being in the Royal Blue and blue spectrum will produce those eye burning colors.
Your general white leds or bulbs with a good amount of spectrum with white will make rock anemones look brown.
Yes, they do spawn in this tank.
If your fish dives into it, it will be eaten. I have a clown fish atm and it has been in my tank for almost a year now. Some of the dartier fish, like my chromis and damsels have been eaten. My clown usually will look at them and swim away. Very unlikely your clown will attempt to host and get ate as well.
lmm1967
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Exactly the info I was looking for - Appreciate it !
Do you need to do anything in particular to get them to spawn?
Besides the size, are there other ways to tell between male and female?
I have not seen any morphological appearances that would allow you to tell the difference between male and female. At the current time, the only way to tell is during spawning and post spawn.
Wiz
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I have three right now. I've had them for a while. I use kind of a trick to keep him in place. I take a very large snail shell like a Mexican turbo or top crown Astria plant the shell upside down in the sand with just the hole showing. Plant The Rock nem inside the hole and I have not had one move yet. They appear to disappear at night but pop out of their shells in the morning.
