Rock Flower Anemone - Where should I Place it?

[that Reef Guy]

So at first someone told me that you should Place Rock Flower Anemones on the Sand Bed and then it will Bury its Foot in the Sand and will be Happy and Stay Put.

Well I was at the Frag Swap today and all 3 People that were Selling Rock Flower Anemones said to put it on a Rock for it to be most Happy.

One Dealer said to turn of the Flow, Put it on the Rock, and Hold it there for 20 Seconds and it should Stick and not Move after that.

He said that there is a "Sand Anemone" version which are the Less Colorful Brown Variety that like the Sand but the Nice Colorful Red Rocks that people sell at Shows like to be on Rocks (Hence the name Rock Anemone).

Is this true?

Where should they be Placed?

[MizTanks]

On the rock!

[that Reef Guy]

On the rock!

The Reason I asked this was I originally wanted to upgrade my 10 Gallon (with Sand) that it currently is in to a 30 Gallon Frag Tank (30 X 18 X 12) with No Sand.

I was going to use the Same Kessil A150 that is on the 10 Gallon currently and the same Power Heads.

So all I would need to add is more Live Rock and buy the Tank itself saving me a bunch of money on New Lights.

I had it all Planned out and then remembered I had Rock Nems in the 10 Gallon and I am trying to do away with Sand so I do not have to Vacuum it as it saving me time on Weekly Water Changes.

So I felt a Barebottom Sandless Tank would Stress them out and possibly kill them.

My Tanks are all Full and I need a new Frag Tank so I figured I could "kill two birds with one stone" and upgrade the current 10 to a 30 and then have 1 less Tank but more room for Incoming Coral.

But once I thought about the Sand it stopped my Plans.

After talking to the Dealers at the Swap I went back to my Original Plan to Upgrade the 10 Gallon but with no Sand.

So do you all agree that this would be a good idea?

If so I will Order my New Tank (30 Gallon Bare Bottom) tomorrow.

[MizTanks]

Sounds like a great plan!

[dputt88]

depends on how deep the sand bed is, i ahve 2-3" sand beds and all 5 of my rock flowers have never moved

[that Reef Guy]

depends on how deep the sand bed is, i ahve 2-3" sand beds and all 5 of my rock flowers have never moved

Do you think it is a Bad Idea to Have No Sand Bed at all?

I want to put mine in a 30 Gallon Frag Tank that is Bare Bottom.

Could that stress them out and kill them because they will have No Sand?

[dputt88]

i have sand in my frag tanks. if you want bare bottom i would put some shallow tupperware containers in the tank with crushed coral or sand in them and put the nems in that.

[that Reef Guy]

i have sand in my frag tanks. if you want bare bottom i would put some shallow tupperware containers in the tank with crushed coral or sand in them and put the nems in that.

That is a great idea.

Thanks for the tip.

I will do that.

[pi-eyed]

I put mine on a rock in the substrate. He wandered around the rock a little and stayed put..

Here he is:



---Chris