One of the most frequent animals found in a marine aquarium is an anemone. This poor animal is also the one that has a really high mortality rate. I don't think there are many of us that can say we have never lost an anemone and 9 times out of 10 it was our fault. This is one of the animals that is most sought after by beginners, once they have decided to get into the hobby they are really intrigued by the clown fish/anemone relationship. I would really like to put a thread together where folk could have a reference as to types of anemone's that are easier to keep, conditions to keep them under, tips on how to safe guard a nenny from a power head or heater, feeding, lighting and tips on how to get an anemone to stay in the spot you placed him. There are many tips and tricks that folk use.
Sorry was called away half way through the post and didn't feel like redoing the whole thing again.
It is strongly recommended that anemone's are added to an established tank rather then a new tank and the reefer should be fairly experienced. Different anemones have different lighting requirements but generally reef lighting MH or T5's are preferred as they are animals that feed from photosynthesis although only partially and do require feeding of small tit bits once or twice a week. Please beware of white anemone's as these are usually bleached IE lost their zoanthilia[sp] and really do need special care and constant feeding to get them through this stressed state. There are very few white anemone's found in nature, if any.
I have about 5 anemonies in the system 5 Bubble tips[BTA] and one sand anemone. All kept under MH or T5 lighting. The nenny's that are not in the main tank are all fed at least once a week, the sand anemone in the main system is rarely fed as it does catch the food meant for the fish.
I would venture to say that of all the anemone's for sale, the BTA is probably the easiest of the lot and really comes in a range of spectacular colours. The only down fall of this anemone is its tendency to wander around the tank.
My sand anemone is also fairly easy and stays in the substrate and does not wonder at all. The down side of this nenny is its fairly drab colour mostly come in brown.
Sorry was called away half way through the post and didn't feel like redoing the whole thing again.
It is strongly recommended that anemone's are added to an established tank rather then a new tank and the reefer should be fairly experienced. Different anemones have different lighting requirements but generally reef lighting MH or T5's are preferred as they are animals that feed from photosynthesis although only partially and do require feeding of small tit bits once or twice a week. Please beware of white anemone's as these are usually bleached IE lost their zoanthilia[sp] and really do need special care and constant feeding to get them through this stressed state. There are very few white anemone's found in nature, if any.
I have about 5 anemonies in the system 5 Bubble tips[BTA] and one sand anemone. All kept under MH or T5 lighting. The nenny's that are not in the main tank are all fed at least once a week, the sand anemone in the main system is rarely fed as it does catch the food meant for the fish.
I would venture to say that of all the anemone's for sale, the BTA is probably the easiest of the lot and really comes in a range of spectacular colours. The only down fall of this anemone is its tendency to wander around the tank.
My sand anemone is also fairly easy and stays in the substrate and does not wonder at all. The down side of this nenny is its fairly drab colour mostly come in brown.
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