Anemone Question

[Jeff20147]

Hey Guys!

I have 3 anemones not sure of thier types they are all relativly inexpensive ones. 2 are pretty small and one just has white tenticles and its about 1" in length and the other is about 3" in length with pink tips. The other is a orangish red (think that ones just called a long tiped anemone). But anyways, I put them all in the place that I though was good, but when I came back down this morning the medium size one went up to the big one and its like they are snuggling. Is this normal, will they hurt each other?

Heres a pic when I first placed them in the tank to give you a idea of how close they were and what kind of anemone they are...

 

[Aquascaper]

Anenomes are one of the most mobile creatures you can place in your tank, apart from fish. They will move around until they find a suitable spot or die. They may complete with each other and kill one another until one survives or they may go their separate ways and live at opposite ends of the tank.

I personally do not agree with keeping anenomes in captivity but would be interested to have details of your tank measurements and parameters.

 

[RoyalGrammaPrincessHannah]

The two white ones are different species of condylactis anemones. [commonly called condys] They are from the atlantic, meaning that 99 times out of 100, a clown will not host one, if that was your intention. They can hurt eachother, but may not. There isn't much you can do about it though, which is why keeping them in numbers or in a reef tank isn't the greatest thing because they do have the capability to move around and sting other anemones/corals.

Anemones need very high lighting, and superb water quality, meaning an established tank. Do some research ASAP on anemones, as they are not for beginners, meaning they need lots of knowledge to keep alive. Unfortunately, even most experts can't even keep them alive.

 

[Jeff20147]

Thanks for the info guys! They are still doing excellent even hand fed those bad boys some shrimp.

 

[Navarre]

Condys are one of the hardier nennys. Be careful however as they are fish killers and will happily take out a fish. One ate 2 of my butterfly fish! They are fast growers too if you feed them too often.

 

[Jeff20147]

I actually got the two condys from Petco, shortly thereafter the tang, one of the clowns, and one of my dominio damsels had the ICH , this was partly my fault we saw one fish with Ich there and still got the anemones, live and learn. I used Rid-Ich on Tuesday and Last Night and it seems to be working quite well and the anemones still look strong. One of the condys seems a tad bit under the weather but he looks like he will pull through. Hopefully most of the Ich will be gone by tonight I'll give them another dose tonight, and proceed with my water change either this Friday or Sunday.

 

[fish_keeper2]

are you saying you put the meds in to the main tank? if so that is a big NO NO. the chemicals in most ich meds WILL kill inverts.

 

[Navarre]

There are "Reef safe" Ich medications. The most effective ones contain copper and these of course are lethal to inverts. As long as it states "Reef Safe" on the lable then it should be fine as long as the dosage is followed.

 

[Jeff20147]

Yeah, the Rid-Ich says its invert safe we made sure before we added it. No inverts have died yet....we had to increase to two times a day. The damn PBTang is the only one with the ich still. Shes a stubborn one! I did get to do a water change yesterday, so hopefully that will reduce her stress and help her drop those nasty parasites!

 

[Aquascaper]

Power Blues are notorious for having Ich and also for not shifting it easily.

What are you water parameters and tank size?

 

[Navarre]

Yep im afraid that the powderblue is notorious for carrying Ich.. I have 5 tangs in my tank with no ich but every powder blue i have added has caught ich within 2 days! The problem is that the powder tangs have very fine scales and its extremly easy for the parasite to attach itself to it. This; linked with the fact that PB tangs are very easily stressed makes them very tricky fish to keep. They need highly oxygenated waters as they live usually within the surge zone of a reef. They need high flowing tanks with lots of spcae ( i would not recomend a tank smaller than 100 UK gallons) Even then, these fish are easily stressed out and very aggressive. You might find the PB will lose its ich and go for months with none but as soon as you introduce a new addition the PB gets it all over again as it gets so stressed to seeing a new fish etc.

Good luck with it, i have had zero success in keeping them but if you can nurse it through the early days you will have a stunning fish for your system.

 

[Opcn]

Cleaner fish help, and cleaner shrimp too