Wandering ritteri anemone

daniella3d · #1 04-03-2013, 04:28 AM

wow, I would remove those beautiful SPS colony from anywhere around the anemone because in few months they will be incursted to the liverock and the anemone will be all over them.

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This guy's base is a pretty vibrant purple, and here's where he's been since Saturday afternoon:

I'm really, really hoping this is where he stays. I can work with this from an aquascaping perspective.

asylumdown · #2 04-08-2013, 11:44 PM

Le Sigh.

Nothing like an anemone that can't make up it's mind to trigger a complete re-aquascape. It moved again. Still on the same rock, but all the three corals to the left of the nem in the last pic I posted all had to be rescued. One of those acros was so encrusted to the rock I think I left 1/3 of it behind.

Aquattro · #3 04-08-2013, 11:50 PM

Keep in mind that as the acros grow, the flow will change and it will likely move again. Repeat..

asylumdown · #4 04-08-2013, 11:53 PM

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Keep in mind that as the acros grow, the flow will change and it will likely move again. Repeat..

*sigh*. I know. I'd sell it, but the clownfish just seem so happy!

Aquattro · #5 04-09-2013, 12:22 AM

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*sigh*. I know. I'd sell it, but the clownfish just seem so happy!

I tried a RBTA once. Decided that you can have an anemone, or a SPS tank. Not both. I got a large hammer, my clowns love it just as much, and it doesn't move

asylumdown · #6 04-08-2013, 11:51 PM

Rescuing the corals...

And since it hasn't moved again in a couple of days, I epoxied them back to the rock. Who knows if they will be able to stay there. The anemone seems to be in a pretty good spot now though.

Also, I have just accepted that Ferdinand is going to photo-bomb every picture I take of my tank from now on.

Aquattro · #7 04-08-2013, 11:53 PM

You may want to take a frag off each of your favorite colonies for when they get killed.

asylumdown · #8 04-08-2013, 11:54 PM

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You may want to take a frag off each of your favorite colonies for when they get killed.

Already done! Both in case of the anemone, and in case of flatworms/nudibranchs.

Delphinus · #9 04-09-2013, 12:18 AM

Able to get a spotlight on it yet?

asylumdown · #10 04-09-2013, 12:21 AM

hehe, no. I sort of blew my tank budget for the month. I might be able to get one if I can sell the pico tank lights I replaced with the Kessil I had originally bought for the anemone. Though, it's directly under a radion at the moment, so I'd have to figure out a way of angling a spotlight down on to it.