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Hello
Since I lost my Colt coral following a move about 6 months ago, my pair of Clowns have not found another host. I have decided that it's time for an Anemone. I know that they are much more difficult to keep, but I'm prepared to give them the required attention. Can anyone suggest a good one for a beginner?
My tank is now over a year old, all readings are fine as far as the fish, mushrooms etc are concerned:
PH 8.2
Nitrate 2
Nitrite 0
Ammonia 0
My calcium was a little low recently, but this has now been buffered up to where it should be.
I have twin T5 compact lighting (37w I think).
A bubble tip is probably your best bet but I think you will need stronger lighting. Mikey has written a good FAQ about anemones, well worth reading
Oops, just checked, it's 55w :)
Hmmm I just checked all of Mikey's posts and I couldn't find an FAQ. Has anyone got a link for it?
Thanks
Anemones aren't really for the begginer, and you will need to bear in mind that they wonder and can get caught in power heads. My clowns get on really well with leather corals and rhodactis.....in fact my first tank started off with about three green rhodactis after a couple of years they were all along the back pane of glass, 50 to 100 of them...quite a stunning sight, as the clowns would pop their heads up between the rhodactis...just like the folds of a bubble tip.
Best Regards
Nigel
Here ya go
http://www.ultimatereef.net/forums/showthread.php?t=153667
Wow! I wouldn't say I was a "beginner" to fishkeeping, or reefs, I've just never had a nem before.
One other question, I saw this "
Its diet should include chopped fish, shrimp, or worms if a clownfish is not present.
". How does a clown benefit it's diet?
Thanks Pavlo :)
Gav Cornwall
16-08-06, 19:16
Wow! I wouldn't say I was a "beginner" to fishkeeping, or reefs, I've just never had a nem before.
One other question, I saw this "
Its diet should include chopped fish, shrimp, or worms if a clownfish is not present.
". How does a clown benefit it's diet?
Thanks Pavlo :)
Clowns sometimes bring food back to the anemone, but i have yet to see one do it, infact my clowns either steal the food or push it out of the anemone.. (perhaps i need to send them to nemo training camp)
...stonker...no offense meant...I just took the term from your own post! "can anyone suggest one for a beginner"...I guess you meant a beginner to anemones! :-)
Best Regards
Nigel
...stonker...no offense meant...I just took the term from your own post! "can anyone suggest one for a beginner"...I guess you meant a beginner to anemones! :-)
Best Regards
Nigel
It's ok Nigel, I know you meant well :)
instantsquid
16-08-06, 21:17
As above really - a tank bred Bubbletip is almost certainly your best bet. They can be kept under T5 lighting but need quite a lot of it.
And since nobody has asked the obvious question - do you have exposed powerheads, pump inlets or Streams in your tank?
- Ian
I do have powerheads, two of them. I've been reading about different ways of covering the inlets...
I cover my powerhead intakes with the sponge filters from an old Eheim internal filter I had. These simply slide onto the intakes and do not inhibit flow too much.If they get dirty its easy to slip them off for a rinse in a bucket at water change time.
My male Clarkii Clown always takes food to my BTA, sometimes even before he has had a bite to eat himself!
Must be a saint that fish?
Clowns sometimes bring food back to the anemone, but i have yet to see one do it, infact my clowns either steal the food or push it out of the anemone.. (perhaps i need to send them to nemo training camp)
i had a pair of clarkii's who would feed their stoi, i could drop in a prawn at one end of the 4' tank and the female would carry it in her mouth to the other end and push it into the stoi's mouth.
then it all turned sour when i found them flirting with other fish trying to lure them into the stoi, the final straw came when the clown had a cleaner shrimp by the tentacles and dragged it into the stoi!!!
all in all it ate a few quids worth of tankmates before i gave it away. it even attacked the LFS worker and covered his forearm with stings!! LOL!!
moral: avoid stoi's.
i had a pair of clarkii's who would feed their stoi, i could drop in a prawn at one end of the 4' tank and the female would carry it in her mouth to the other end and push it into the stoi's mouth.
then it all turned sour when i found them flirting with other fish trying to lure them into the stoi, the final straw came when the clown had a cleaner shrimp by the tentacles and dragged it into the stoi!!!
all in all it ate a few quids worth of tankmates before i gave it away. it even attacked the LFS worker and covered his forearm with stings!! LOL!!
moral: avoid stoi's.
Hehe, interesting story, must have been fun to watch at times though !
it was cute for a while, but then i realised my fish were going missing the novelty value wore off.
my current clowns do help push the food into the nem but they help themselves to quite a lot!!
the clarkiis were incredibly cute when swimming along with big prawns, looked like puppies!!
Major Stare
27-08-06, 08:05
I sourced a Sand Anemone for my clowns. Being a small ish tank full of softies, i didnt want a wandering anemone.
It doesnt need much light and the clowns feel at home in it.
http://www.elasmodiver.com/BCMarinelife/images/Columbia-sand-anemone.jpg
hmm ... Sand Anemones ehh.
So I take it they dont move at all ?
Are they hardy (relatively ?) - i.e. suitable first anemone
Can you obtain tank bred specimens ?
Thanks
Eaval
Whitetrash
08-09-06, 20:13
i kept a bubble tip very happily in a 3 month old tank under T8s with good flow, dont be scared off... just keep a check on it!!! hth
i kept a bubble tip very happily in a 3 month old tank under T8s with good flow, dont be scared off... just keep a check on it!!! hth
And how long did you keep it under these conditions ???:mad: How do you know it was very happy, you speak bubble tip i suppose, the guidelines offered forward on this sort of thing arent made up on the spot for the hell of it if you did indeed maintain this nem long term then i put it to you that it was down to luck rather than anything else....
the only thing with sand anenomes is they are aeasier to keep but the problem lies with the lighting with t5 compacts the sand probably wont be lit very well at all !!
dan-the-man
10-09-06, 10:05
By sand anemones Jimmyjayz, do you mean Cerianthus sp. ? If so they are non-photosynthetic and deerive all energy from the food they capture - hence the powerfull sting.
I hate common names, lol. :p
Edit: Crap I should've read through and seen that picture lol! Never mind... :D
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