Toadstool with clowns

[taylor t]

I saw a few clowns just before I snapped it. Only 2 show. :)
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh180/dave1748/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsbd96de2f.jpg (http://s256.photobucket.com/user/dave1748/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsbd96de2f.jpg.html)

A perfect host for the beginner. They are hard to kill.

[M Woodhill]

I saw a few clowns just before I snapped it. Only 2 show. :)
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh180/dave1748/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsbd96de2f.jpg (http://s256.photobucket.com/user/dave1748/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsbd96de2f.jpg.html)

A perfect host for the beginner. They are hard to kill.

Wow it looks like a sebae

[joshky]

Nice picture, if only it were as easy as putting a nice toadstool in... ;p (I'm sure it is sometimes though! ;) with luck)

[taylor t]

Nice picture, if only it were as easy as putting a nice toadstool in... ;p (I'm sure it is sometimes though! ;) with luck)

You're right, everything in salt that's good, takes time, and sometimes a little luck. I keep a piece of this either in my sump, or in the tank. For years now. I'm on the edge of dumping this big one, I have a small one in my sump to take it's place soon. I cut a 3" piece off in July. Then cut that piece in half, gave half to my cousin, and kept the other. It's a rotation, once it gets to about 10", it puts on size too fast. Not much demand for such large pieces, it gets too big for me too. I don't see many with these long polyps much. Here's the replacement, it's already "mushroomed", has a stalk, and is round, from about a month and a half in the sump. It's a 1.5" disk diameter, with 2" polyps.
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh180/dave1748/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps25bd8350.jpg (http://s256.photobucket.com/user/dave1748/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps25bd8350.jpg.html)
It may take time to adjust to a system, but it's waaaaaaay easier than host anemone's to keep.

[xCry0x]

Damn that is awesome. My clowns host in a giant normal toadstool. They took to it fairly quickly too.

[ptr13]

that is so cool David, love the way the baby clowns and how active they are, I remember mine growing with the gigs and you can just watch them for hours.

[Anemone12]

You're right, everything in salt that's good, takes time, and sometimes a little luck. I keep a piece of this either in my sump, or in the tank. For years now. I'm on the edge of dumping this big one, I have a small one in my sump to take it's place soon. I cut a 3" piece off in July. Then cut that piece in half, gave half to my cousin, and kept the other. It's a rotation, once it gets to about 10", it puts on size too fast. Not much demand for such large pieces, it gets too big for me too. I don't see many with these long polyps much. Here's the replacement, it's already "mushroomed", has a stalk, and is round, from about a month and a half in the sump. It's a 1.5" disk diameter, with 2" polyps.
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh180/dave1748/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps25bd8350.jpg (http://s256.photobucket.com/user/dave1748/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps25bd8350.jpg.html)
It may take time to adjust to a system, but it's waaaaaaay easier than host anemone's to keep.


What the heck? What kind of toadstool is that? Any special variation? Do you ever sell frags??? I have one but it has shorter tentacles.