Rock Flower Anemone - Care, placement, breeding

RFA - Rock flower anemones are beautiful soft corals that add a splash of color to any tank. Today we dig into care, placement and even spawning.
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[@okelliesfarm]

You always bring use such cool info .thanks

[@Kris-yi6fm]

Thanks for this information. This is the first time I've ever seen rock flowers and they are now on my must have list.

[@space.cowboy69]

Wow… the visuals especially at 2:35 were simply awe inspiring. I cannot wait to get a few when my tank is cycled.

[@aussied723]

Great info, Cheers 👍

[@reefinthewoods]

Great video. thanks

[@johnreefervermont4874]

Amazing video. Very nice and informative

[@ReefDudes]

Glad you liked it!

[@brispy1890]

Lfs has these guys and have had my eye for a while. Got one a couple weeks ago!

[@Leigh33]

Absolutely gorgeous Dev. The whole tank, not just the rock nems. 👏👌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🐠

[@ReefDudes]

Thanks DR! :)

[@KreefAquariumhobby]

Beautiful

[@mikemccoy7931]

beautiful tank! I recently fell in love with rock flower anemones, Only have 2 at the moment but looking to get more of different colors

[@kelvinsoto8313]

Thank you for the great information

[@ReefDudes]

Happy to help

[@joanngerena6411]

Thank you been thinking about getting one. 😃

[@ReefDudes]

You should! They add some nice color to the tank and are super easy

[@homegrownfrags6531]

Ya buddy 🤙, good vid as always Dev 👌

[@ReefDudes]

Thanks 👍Thanks!:D

[@markkus1134]

Cool I have a few ultras great anemones!

[@ReefDudes]

Nice!!!

[@odoylerulez1427]

My tank heater probe fell out which cause my tank to heat up to 90 degrees before catching it. It caused one of my rockflower to fertilize the tank.... luckily, i only lost a couple pieces of corals

[@ianscoralreef8265]

Wow !!! I wish I lived in the US there really hard to find in the U.K. always lovely to watch!! Thanks

[@ReefDudes]

Glad you enjoyed it! They are a bit trickier to find in Canada too

[@OmniversalInsect]

And when you do find them they're crazy expensive, why does everything aquarium related have to be so expensive here

[@neilsreefaquarium9530]

Awesome vid Dev! Ive recently got one in my 60G. Didn’t realise you add multiples without issues. I will be 100% getting some more now 😀

[@ReefDudes]

You will be stocked up in no time :P

[@Ichthys_Aquatics]

I am in the process of setting up a rock flower/ricoreda/mangrove biotope to mimic the Florida Keys/Carribean where they are found. I am going to have some peterson shrimp and porcelian crabs. I am very excited and have begun to start to my collection. I hope this video doesn't make them the next hot reef critter, lol.

[@ReefDudes]

Sounds pretty awesome!

[@ryanh2300]

One clean tank

[@ReefDudes]

Thank you!

[@hhinojosareef1]

I had 5 and they had babies I had hundreds different colors very easy.

[@ReefDudes]

Heck yes!!!!!!!!!!!! gotta love that!

[@channelsix6005]

I need lots 😂❤

[@fishstix1988]

If you have too many of them and want to remove the extras, how do you remove them from the rock/sand?

[@fishstix1988]

With regards to flow, you mentioned you kept them in super low to super high flow, did they move less when you put them in low flow?

[@kartier8193]

I’m a bit confused. You talked about how they are anemones but then classify them as soft corrals on several occasions. Anemones are one animal, and are far different than corals. Cheers

[@EMDRONES]

They are anemones

[@NanoTankReefer]

Wow, you have some really nice ones in there! We rarely see them in the UK, I have a couple but nowhere near as nice as some of yours 😍

[@channelsix6005]

Agreed. I never see them in any lfs

[@omarcadenas9]

Great video and very informative. One question though, can you mixed them with bulb tip anemone in the same system?

[@ReefDudes]

Yes you can :)

[@omarcadenas9]

@@ReefDudes awesome.👍

[@Hyperlight11]

How do you clean the sand bed?

[@senegalus]

sadly also hard to find where i live, especially such nice colored ones. how do you clean the sand bed with so many on them on the sand? remove them shortly for siphoning?

[@jennanation6992]

I just asked the same question! LOL

[@stripe14631]

For someone just getting into the hobby what is a realistic expectation to have a tank this stunning. Im sure this is years in the making.

[@ReefDudes]

They are very hardy and easy to keep. A rock flower tank would be low maintenance, easy and beautiful!

[@shane6450]

To obtain a tank like his? Easily years in the making. Years of mistakes, experimenting, learning and lots of money. But the journey is so worth it and very rewarding. Within a year of researching and learning from experience, you can have a beautiful reef tank. Quality matters, never go the cheap route. I learned from that mistake.

[@karenmccallister6513]

We just got a diamond goby , he was out for about two days, you can tell he’s been cleaning, but now we can’t find him anywhere, do they hide a lot

[@duckslinger999]

Rock On

[@zakarymcleod1850]

Thanks for the informative video. They are not soft corals though. They are anemones.

[@jennanation6992]

I found some selling local for 25 bucks a piece and no shipping YAY! I was going to pick up 3 or 4! Do they always huddle together or can they separate into different sections of the tank? I would love to have baby nems and wondering if it would be easy to vacuum them up by accident? I tend to move things around when I vacuum so I can do a good job and really get the tank clean! How are you able to vacuum sand bed with so many? I would love to have the bottom covered like that but no way to really keep nitrates down since I dont have fuge ect..How do you keep urs down in a small tank and probably not able to vacuum real well?

[@ReefDudes]

Wicked deal! Yes be careful not to suck up babies. They tend to start under the skirt of the mom.

[@sjhall2009]

How many did you buy, and how many sprouted in your tank? Also, what is the yellow sps encrusted on the left?

[@ReefDudes]

I have bought many over the years so hard to say. at what point in the video? Pretty sure you mean the rainbow monti :)

[@sjhall2009]

Yes that's probably what it is. I'll have to find somewhere to buy one. Thank you.

[@un69perron]

This rfa can kill some corals?

[@lawrenceskegz781]

Hi mate, I've just broken up a rock with 2 flowers on it as the was being over run with gsp 🤦‍♂️ I've placed them on a 3mm sand bed. Will they be ok on that or should I put little pieces of rock under them ?? Thanks

[@lawrenceskegz781]

Plus how long would it take for them to plant there foot and get back to original size please Thanks

[@ReefDudes]

They will plant their foot on the glass. Generally so in a few hours as long as the flow isn’t blowing them around

[@blaisegrabiak3245]

You said they are soft corals, so are they anemones or are they corals?

[@thematlandry]

I have come home to a rock flower trying to swallow my clown fish. I don't think a perfectly healthy fish would spontaneously die directly over the spot where the anemone happened to catch it. So bizarre.

[@ReefDudes]

Very bizarre. I would think it had another issue that took it out over a rock flower catching it

[@MotherRabbits09]

How do you make sure they are good to go in your tank once you purchase them? Do you dip them? If so, in what?

[@ReefDudes]

I did dip mine in iodine but prob not required

[@Steel451]

Never dip an anemone. You’ll kill it

[@nurse.reef.repeatandsomuch1758]

Hey Davin, how’s your rock flower anemones?

[@ReefDudes]

Split up across different tanks now but doing good!

[@outsideingeorgia8963]

What happens if they sting a person?

[@ReefDudes]

I have not noticed any sting from it.. so going to go with nothing.. but im sure some may be more sensitive

[@lindawilliams7264]

What do u feed your Mandan

[@ReefDudes]

pods and mysis

[@isoaqua5825]

🤔🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@kimberlyfogalun-filtered6466]

Do sexy shrimp eat the babies when the anemones spawn?????

[@ReefDudes]

Normally I wouldn’t think so … however if they were underfed and hungry most creatures will be more opportunistic

[@Cavegeckosol]

These things could survive a nuclear winter, I swear.

[@absolutecarrot4191]

We’re is a good place to buy good cheap rfas. All the ones around me cost around 60-75 dollars.

[@ReefDudes]

Just have to keep an eye out. Pretty cheap in Florida abs get more expensive as you go out

[@DhG4410]

Ebay

[@leeboswell8483]

60-65$ jeez that’s crazy. I just picked up two for $10.

[@OmniversalInsect]

@@leeboswell8483 in uk its hard to find any coral below that price

[@jahsreef8386]

Should of said something I would of sent you a video of mine spawning

[@ReefDudes]

Should have! I know I have clips somewhere but couldn’t find them last night when I was editing

[@firstname713]

I thought they are inverts and not coral?

[@ReefDudes]

Yes to all! They kind of fall under both classifications.

[@Raven1015]

They can be cheap, but your electric bill won't be! WANT LESS!

[@TattooedDancer91]

Flower anemone. Not Rock. That's anemones like aiptasia. And they are not soft corals. :) Might as well get it correct when making a spotlight for education. :)

[@ReefDudes]

They are an invert and a coral with respect to being photosynthetic as well.

[@TattooedDancer91]

@@ReefDudes So photosynthetic jellyfish are also coral? And photosynthetic nudibranchs (yes they exist) and photosynthetic sponges?

[@ReefDudes]

@@TattooedDancer91 They are an anemone they are their own category

[@TattooedDancer91]

@@ReefDudes Exactly, and therefore not coral.

[@pyromaniac4073]

Rock flower anemone!