Anemone for clown help

Chi6488 · 11/27/2009, 08:00 PM

After a month, my tank parameters are in order. I killed the last bubble anemone either due to water or feeding.

The orange bubble anemone would only hang on the wall so I had a hell of time feeding it. It wouldn't eat silver sides or I found out I might have been feeding too much. I never tried cutting it down to 1/2 or 1/4. Tried shrimp but the clowns would pull it out and the shrimp fell b/c the BTA was hanging on wall.

Research also suggest my lighting could have been the reason why. I had only 250 watts of PC lighting for a 31 inch tank.

I like the blue carpet but can't find them and the price is sky high. Any other suggestion?? I would like an anemone that stays on a rock or substrate.

cjj14u · 11/27/2009, 08:02 PM

How old is the tank (how long up and running)?

Anemones should only be attempted in a very mature (6 mos to 1 year) stable system......

Chi6488 · 11/27/2009, 08:17 PM

Tank is 21 months old. Everything was fine but I started fishing a lot more so I neglected the tank

nikon187 · 11/27/2009, 10:14 PM

Haddoni carpet anemones stay in the sand as they are a sand dwelling anemone. Gigantea carpet anemones are a rock dwelling anemone. Both get very large and can eat fish. They require at least T5HO or MH. I would not do any anemone with PC lights.

uncleof6 · 11/28/2009, 12:32 AM

Anemones require pristine water conditions, intense lighting, and good flow. There is no future for an anemone in a tank that has been or will be neglected. Lighting and flow take little effort. Pristine water conditions require commitment.

FWIW,

Jim

wickedfish · 11/28/2009, 12:56 AM

Could have not said it any better ^

peasofme · 12/02/2009, 04:50 AM

forget anemones. get something easier like green star polyps. clowns will host in whatever they feel like.

11/27/2009, 08:00 PM	#1
Chi6488 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 237	Anemone for clown help After a month, my tank parameters are in order. I killed the last bubble anemone either due to water or feeding. The orange bubble anemone would only hang on the wall so I had a hell of time feeding it. It wouldn't eat silver sides or I found out I might have been feeding too much. I never tried cutting it down to 1/2 or 1/4. Tried shrimp but the clowns would pull it out and the shrimp fell b/c the BTA was hanging on wall. Research also suggest my lighting could have been the reason why. I had only 250 watts of PC lighting for a 31 inch tank. I like the blue carpet but can't find them and the price is sky high. Any other suggestion?? I would like an anemone that stays on a rock or substrate. __________________ 110 Gal 30" tall tank; 2 @ 250 Watt MH 14k ; Reef Octopus extreme 160; 1/10 jbj chiller; 4 stage ro then into dual di resin; MP40W powerhead. 20" zebra eel, yellow tang, two clowns, red hawkfish, yellow wrasse and bubble coral; carpet anemone 34 gallon red sea max with 3 sea horses for the wife 90 Gal with 4 urchins, big snail, 2 sargeant majors caught from the keys. Horseshoe crab and about 5 starfish from gulf of mexico

11/27/2009, 08:17 PM	#3
Chi6488 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 237	Tank is 21 months old. Everything was fine but I started fishing a lot more so I neglected the tank __________________ 110 Gal 30" tall tank; 2 @ 250 Watt MH 14k ; Reef Octopus extreme 160; 1/10 jbj chiller; 4 stage ro then into dual di resin; MP40W powerhead. 20" zebra eel, yellow tang, two clowns, red hawkfish, yellow wrasse and bubble coral; carpet anemone 34 gallon red sea max with 3 sea horses for the wife 90 Gal with 4 urchins, big snail, 2 sargeant majors caught from the keys. Horseshoe crab and about 5 starfish from gulf of mexico

11/28/2009, 12:32 AM	#5
uncleof6 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: AWOL Posts: 12,013	Anemones require pristine water conditions, intense lighting, and good flow. There is no future for an anemone in a tank that has been or will be neglected. Lighting and flow take little effort. Pristine water conditions require commitment. FWIW, Jim __________________ "Things should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." (oft attributed to Einstein; most likely paraphrasing by Roger Sessions; compactly articulates the principle of Occam's Razor) Current Tank Info: 325 6' wide Reef

11/27/2009, 08:02 PM	#2
cjj14u Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 147	How old is the tank (how long up and running)? Anemones should only be attempted in a very mature (6 mos to 1 year) stable system......

11/27/2009, 10:14 PM	#4
nikon187 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Edmonton Alberta Posts: 4,717	Haddoni carpet anemones stay in the sand as they are a sand dwelling anemone. Gigantea carpet anemones are a rock dwelling anemone. Both get very large and can eat fish. They require at least T5HO or MH. I would not do any anemone with PC lights.

11/28/2009, 12:56 AM	#6
wickedfish Moved On Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Southbay Posts: 2,167	Could have not said it any better ^

12/02/2009, 04:50 AM	#7
peasofme Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: usa Posts: 1,405	forget anemones. get something easier like green star polyps. clowns will host in whatever they feel like.