Rockflower nems nano need some info please

[Bwiezy]

So I have been in the hobby quite some time . I have never kept rockflower nems. Any tips . Where to get them? Conditions for breeding. I thought this set up together for it . Display 10 gallons sump 10 gallons ps the sump lite has a red setting just turned on pic for better pic

 

[Peace River]

There is a great R2R thread about RFAs by @Ron Reefman that I encourage you to read. In fact, Ron may pop in here and add a few thoughts. @hdsoftail1065 may also have some helpful insights to share! Good luck!

 

[hdsoftail1065]

Thanks @Peace River.

Hi Bwiezy, nice tank!
My wife and I just started into them so my experiace is very limited and I know just enough to be dangerous! Actually, they seem to be a very easy and low demanding animals.
Mr. @Ron Reefman is way more qualified to speak about rock nems than I am. But I plan to follow along because he has allot of great info and everytime he shares info I pick up something new. I can't wait to see that full of RFA's!!!

 

[Bwiezy]

Thank you very much !!!

 

[Bwiezy]

There is a great R2R thread about RFAs by @Ron Reefman that I encourage you to read. In fact, Ron may pop in here and add a few thoughts. @hdsoftail1065 may also have some helpful insights to share! Good luck!

Cant wait!

 

[Sako338]

Following as well, very interested!

 

[Ron Reefman]

Good morning @Bwiezy, I hope you've taken the opportunity to read over the RFA thread that @Peace River mentioned above. There's a lot of helpful advice there.

I don't claim any expertise in RFA's, just a fair bit of real life experience. Besides having them breeding in my aquarium, I snorkel in the Florida Keys and see a lot of them in their natural habitat.

To your questions I'd offer this advise. Be careful shopping for RFA's... especially if you are looking for really colorful ones. Some sites show their RFA under blue leds to make them fluoresce well and then photograph them with a yellow filter that reduces the blue look and makes the anemones look crazy colorful. But under white light that may look DRAMATICALLY different! Ask the seller for a white light photo of the nem you want. If they refuse, I move on to a different seller who is more customer service oriented.

Second, RFA are fairly easy to keep. They do have zooxanthellae so they OK under good lighting. However, they do better if they get spot feedings once every 2 to 4 weeks. And if you want them to breed, spot feeding every week may be helpful.

RFA love to locate at the line where rocks meet the sand. They attach to the rock below the sand and reach up above the sand. It's not always the best way to display them. The other thread explains using pvc end caps which works quite well. I've only had 1 RFA out of 15 I've put in end caps that has some kind of aversion to pvc end caps!

If you have any specific questions, I'll be more than happy to try and answer them here or over in the other thread.
Following.

Below are 3 of my adult RFA's.

 

[Bwiezy]

Good morning @Bwiezy, I hope you've taken the opportunity to read over the RFA thread that @Peace River mentioned above. There's a lot of helpful advice there.

I don't claim any expertise in RFA's, just a fair bit of real life experience. Besides having them breeding in my aquarium, I snorkel in the Florida Keys and see a lot of them in their natural habitat.

To your questions I'd offer this advise. Be careful shopping for RFA's... especially if you are looking for really colorful ones. Some sites show their RFA under blue leds to make them fluoresce well and then photograph them with a yellow filter that reduces the blue look and makes the anemones look crazy colorful. But under white light that may look DRAMATICALLY different! Ask the seller for a white light photo of the nem you want. If they refuse, I move on to a different seller who is more customer service oriented.

Second, RFA are fairly easy to keep. They do have zooxanthellae so they OK under good lighting. However, they do better if they get spot feedings once every 2 to 4 weeks. And if you want them to breed, spot feeding every week may be helpful.

RFA love to locate at the line where rocks meet the sand. They attach to the rock below the sand and reach up above the sand. It's not always the best way to display them. The other thread explains using pvc end caps which works quite well. I've only had 1 RFA out of 15 I've put in end caps that has some kind of aversion to pvc end caps!

If you have any specific questions, I'll be more than happy to try and answer them here or over in the other thread.
Following.

Below are 3 of my adult RFA's.

Wow great read !!! I am so happy I joined this group of stellar people!!! I totally understand the blue light and filter trick lol. Ps great look rfa!!!!

 

[Devaji]

nice little tank I also have a RFA nano going. just about to add my RFA soon, if life stops getting in the way, HA

 

[Ron Reefman]

In case anybody is interested, I'm building a 90g tank from scratch that will have sandy space for RFA's on the front and both sides (rather than just up front like my current 40g tank). I want lots of room for RFA's ... and anything else that fluoresces well under blue leds. There is a link to the build thread in my signature below.

 

[c.poindexter]

I purchased 2 RFA and tossed them into my tank about a year and a half ago. With them reproducing I now have at least 11 of them that I can see. They will and do move, so just have to keep that in mind. They are low maintenance for sure.

 

[Sjaako]

Good morning @Bwiezy, I hope you've taken the opportunity to read over the RFA thread that @Peace River mentioned above. There's a lot of helpful advice there.

I don't claim any expertise in RFA's, just a fair bit of real life experience. Besides having them breeding in my aquarium, I snorkel in the Florida Keys and see a lot of them in their natural habitat.

To your questions I'd offer this advise. Be careful shopping for RFA's... especially if you are looking for really colorful ones. Some sites show their RFA under blue leds to make them fluoresce well and then photograph them with a yellow filter that reduces the blue look and makes the anemones look crazy colorful. But under white light that may look DRAMATICALLY different! Ask the seller for a white light photo of the nem you want. If they refuse, I move on to a different seller who is more customer service oriented.

Second, RFA are fairly easy to keep. They do have zooxanthellae so they OK under good lighting. However, they do better if they get spot feedings once every 2 to 4 weeks. And if you want them to breed, spot feeding every week may be helpful.

RFA love to locate at the line where rocks meet the sand. They attach to the rock below the sand and reach up above the sand. It's not always the best way to display them. The other thread explains using pvc end caps which works quite well. I've only had 1 RFA out of 15 I've put in end caps that has some kind of aversion to pvc end caps!

If you have any specific questions, I'll be more than happy to try and answer them here or over in the other thread.
Following.

Below are 3 of my adult RFA's.

Hi Ron, i used your trick by placing the RFA in an 1/2 inch PVC end cap.
It went very well till the lights go out, in the dark the RFA stretch its neck like a giraffe.
At the end of the night its neck is so long it will lose its grip in the pvc endcap and gets detached.

Do u have any more tips keeping the RFA in the sand bed? hopefully i am not ending up letting the RFA decide where to find its own spot on my live rock.