Anemone, When And Which?

[seffieuk]

SEFFIE!!!!!!
Mr George wanna be knowing bout dem der nemoknees!!!!


(ol' sef be knowing all der is to be knowing bout dem nemoknees, nemoknee queen be sef)


Time for bed I think.

Have we had a little drinkypoos............. , lucky you

If I had your tank, I think I would be happy to add a bta after about six months of stable conditions

I think this is probably one of the best resources on the tinternet: http/www.karensroseanemones.net/

Seffie x

 

[lewiss]

In my experience it's not as simple as I'm good at stabilising my system, sometimes things just crash in newer systems and stats go all over the place and sometimes you can't stabalise them quick enough to prevent damage because you havent realised anything is wrong until it's too late. Anemones have been around thousands of years and it would be very sad if it was put in too early and died as a result.
I think we forget these are wild animals, it's bad enough their in captivity but so much worse if your putting them on death row.

 

[Donya]

As for not getting one, that isn't an option the whole set up was agreed upon based on my wife wanting one.

Does she want one with the idea of clownfish going in it, or for the sake of having some sort of anemone or anemone-looking thing?

If it's just want of an anemone sort of thing, but not necessarily an anemone with clowns in it, I will toss out a couple of ideas. First I would suggest Rhodactis sanctithomae. It is well within the range of anemone-looking things and is behaviorally more-or-less the same, just a whole lot hardier. Another benefit of those is that if they pull a "live free or die" attitude and go charging off somewhere, they aren't going burn a path of destruction on their way to wherever, although they might get stung themselves if they run accross something particularly aggressive. If your wife is wanting something more classic looking and less carpet-like, there are some coastal, primarily predatory nems that are quite tough according to everything I've read on them as long as you make sure the native and tank temperature ranges are compatible. Although my experience with anemones like that is limited, the hardiness claims seem to be true from what little I have seen and what I have read of others keeping them. The main problem (aside from needing careful IDing to avoid temperature mismatch) is that there is a risk to fish and other mobile inverts depending on the relative sizes of the nem and other animals.

 

[HappyGeorge]

SEFFIE!!!!!!
Mr George wanna be knowing bout dem der nemoknees!!!!


(ol' sef be knowing all der is to be knowing bout dem nemoknees, nemoknee queen be sef)


Time for bed I think.

Have we had a little drinkypoos............. , lucky you

If I had your tank, I think I would be happy to add a bta after about six months of stable conditions

I think this is probably one of the best resources on the tinternet: http/www.karensroseanemones.net/

Seffie x

Thanks Seffie just what I needed, will start on reading that tonight.