Maxi mini anemone
 

I was told about maxi mini's a week ago and I ended up getting one. Very cool smaller 2-6 inches anemones.

Some info on them
http://www.coralmagazine-us.com/cont...l-sea-anemones

Here's mine
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/i...0/DSC_0007.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/i...0/DSC_0157.jpg

" they are favoured by Sexy Shrimps..." LOL

Shamed that they don't host clowns. My long tentacle anemone is getting huge. I'd like to exchange him for a smaller anemone for them.

Would really like to see colors like those in the pictures (orange, red, purple, yellow) in the LFS.

Not good. Another animal to obsess over. And you can't have just one, either, like Dawn said.

Here's mine. It's blue with a pink mouth and base, has a green skirt and the tips of all the tentacles are pink. It hosts a white porcelain anemone crab. I really do need a couple/few more nicely coloured ones but must wait for now.

http://i611.photobucket.com/albums/t...DSC_0024-2.jpg

Thanks for the link, I picked one up too, couldn't decide with one with the red in it or the green one that sort of looked like a ric, but I went with a red one like yours.

I got a purple with green edge one just a while ago. its really healthy sticky found a good spot. It sure reacts fast when i feed it. Thats cool about the anem crab, i may put one in for it!

I'd also like to get some mini min's but I haven't ever seen them around. Here's a thread I follow on NR that has some jaw dropping gorgeous nems.
http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/inde...owtopic=235118

Any pics to show off?

Love your Blue one, too, Dawn.
Boy, you girls take awesome pictures!
Maybe we need to have a lesson from you two for one of our up-coming Reefer's Meeting?? Along with Steve's Fragging workshop.

So did you have to purchase your crab along with the anemone, or did your existing crab find it in the tank?
I would love to have one of these and introduce some Sexy Shrimps along with it, but am terrified that one of my resident fishes would think that I am treating them with tasty snacks!

Lol, it'a called an expensive DSLR "point and shoot" that you have no idea how to fully use :lol:

I had the nem for quite a while before the crab. I brought the crab home and after acclimation I put it in a small net and I released it where the nem was and it was love at first site, the crab hasn't moved an inch from the nem since :mrgreen: I haven't had the mis-fortune of loosing any fish to it thank goodness but yes they can eat small fish. It's usually the "clumsy, not too bright" fish who end up as food. All my fish seem to know to stay away from it.

Heres where i got mine - Bayside Corals, same one as the photo, they may still have some.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...type=1&theater

That's very nice! Thanks for sharing a pic :smile:

Boy I love that orange/ green and peach colored one!
This can get dangerous ( the obsession). I MUST resist. With so many color variations, how to stop at just one or two?

Ummm, BTW, HOW much do these go for??:sad:
I need another job!

ditto :mrgreen:

$40 at the store by your work

I have bougth six over the last year in some nice colours. I myself can not keep them from bleaching in my tank. No matter where I put them. Medium light, low light, in a cave they all bleach. Even in my frag tank under t5's. It really upsets me I can't keep these unbleached because they are so colourfull and they stay in one spot close to where you place them.

Chris

How long did you have them before they bleached? I've had mine for almost a week it's under T5's about 2 feet away from the light but the bulbs are old and I was meaning to replace them soon. However I don't want to bleach my maxi mini

I got this little guy almost a year ago...lost him a few times....he wouldn't stay put. After seeing the other mini nems...I want more!!! :twised::twised:

http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/P6060027.jpg

I've had mine under T5s and 250W halides...pretty much everywhere in the tank and it never lost color...could be something else besides the lighting.

Thanks for sharing that Chowder.
More people post about problems, the better we can understand them.

I will have to go check them out then. Thanks.
$40 I can afford...if they have any nicely colored ones left, that is.

Hey, Hawk, ready to frag that little guy??
It is BEAUTIFUL!!

Thanks...I'm not sure if I can cut up the little bugger lol.

Ive got 4 of these now and they take realy well to being cut up , they heal quick .

I've lost two seahares to mine. 2-3 days after being put in they find the mini carpet and that's the end of that.

Pretty colours though!

They all starting bleaching around the two week mark for me. There are alot of people that have had success with these. Just keep in mind they are a low light anemone. In my main tank they were under 14K 250W halides.


Chris

It's possible . I still have 5 . I did loose one to a power head. when I first got them. There are three in my frag tank and two in my main tank in the shade . None of them have shown any hint of there colour comming back.

Chris

They are one of the easiest anemone to frag or cut. The handle it well and fully heel with in a month so I have read.


Chris

Buy far my favorite nem. Has never moved Its under 20k halides w 10k t5. Color is amazing. About 6 in across

Oooo, I like!

+1 mine is under the same lighting and has been in a few places in the tank and never lost any colour.

That's weird...I'm wondering if putting one in a different tank would change things. If you have a buddy with a tank maybe place one in there and see what happens.

My newest surprise. My husband surprised me with this one.
http://i611.photobucket.com/albums/t...DSC_0029-1.jpg

Interesting. Mine was at the bottom of the tank when I had my old metal halide 14 plusright but then I replaced that with a Phoenix 14k brand new and it moved right underneat the MH. Go figure, I guess Phoenix bulbs are not that strong, and even my maxi mini agree.

Now it's pretty close to the metal halide and seem happy. It also changed color as it was light pink when I got it and now it's much darker in color. I think it was a bit bleached before. I would not call mine low light though.

Amazing colours. Actually all these nems posted in this thread are "WOW" when it comes to colouration.

Awesome it looks like mine :biggrin:

Wow, they are beautiful. Does anybody have one that they want to sell or know any LFS carrying them?

Any retailers in Calgary have them in stock?

We have a few in right now at the Calgary Store! Cute little things! I have a couple too!
I'll try to get a couple pics up of the ones in the Calgary store.

Looking for one
 

Anyone have a colorful one they want to sell or frag? LFS seems to have only muted colored ones :-/

I got mine at Big als in Edmonton

Few Maxi Mini Anemone's In Stock at Calgary Store

http://i355.photobucket.com/albums/r...11/1013047.jpg
http://i355.photobucket.com/albums/r...11/1013046.jpg
http://i355.photobucket.com/albums/r...11/1013045.jpg
not sure if the last one is of the same type?... Little larger but came in as a maxi mini.
http://i355.photobucket.com/albums/r...11/1013048.jpg