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Originally Posted by KJohansen Rod, How big are your tanks that you keep the gigantas in? Anything else in them besides the anenomes and the clowns? the purple gigantea is in a 24x24x16h, and the brown is in a 36x36x16h. I only keep frags and temporary corals in with the brown, and the purple...

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Carpets splitting? Got a reference? Maybe atlantic carpets, but I am not aware of any reports of hosting carpets (S.hadoni, S. gigantea, or S. mertensi.) splitting. It seems that I have heard through a grapevine of 1 host type of carpet splitting, but I have never confirmed, nor do I remember...

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depending on the type of anemone. ... With bubbletips, I have had 100% success with very many of my TR percs in the bucket method. I put the anemone in a 5 gallon salt bucket with 4-ish" of water, add 2 small percs.. Within 5 minutes they host. Then I try to release all 3 into the tank at once...

Originally Posted by Choco Rod Buehle, sorry I wasn't specific enough when I said "carpet" anemones. I am always on to people about them being more specific instead of just using the term carpet. I just caught myself guilty. No sweat. You were probably correct anyway. Usually when people say...

Originally Posted by Choco Injecting a syringe into any anemone is just causing unecessary stress on it. Anemones are carnivorous, not omnivorous. Anemones do not benefit from any zooplankton nor phytoplankton. They are not water column feeders. Anemones get their primary nutrition and energy...

Normal output isnt going to cut it, but PC/VHO will be OK on shallower tanks. IME the green BTA prefer a little less light than a rose BTA. I have seen greens shy away from halides, wheras Roses thrive under STRONG halides (but they can do well with less)

There are different types of carpets and some are easier to keep than others. S. Haddoni are the easiest of the carpets and many people have good success. A lot of research is needed before obtaining an anemone. Bubble tips are much hardier and easier to keep. Especially if you can get a...

Originally Posted by Dawman So it`s better to leave the shell on ? For some reason I thought it would be easier on the anemones with out . Guess I`ll leave it on . Thanks Yes, many things need the shell. There is no one to remove the shell in the wild

condilactus (Haitian) anemones are not a natural host for clowns since there are now clowns in the caribbean. Not many clowns will use a condy as a host, but maroons seem to be the exception on occasion.

I agree, Maroons are some of the most aggressive clowns. Especially toward other species. If you want another, I also recommend a SMALL maroon. Even then, maroons are extremely tough to pair and the female may end up killing her potential partner

it is great to see the clown feed the anemone, but I think the clowns are usually just grabbing the larger hunks of food before the other fish have a chance, and they take it to the anemone and say ... "here, hang on to this for me.. Ill be back in a second (after I get more) to eat it " .

As Sula said, make sure its a much smaller perc than your existing. You will see some aggression. Maybe not right away, but soon your female will show aggression to establish dominance. It may get very brutal, but IME, percs arent quite as brutal and the lil guy will be OK.

the chance of hosting will always be hit or miss. Percs (IME) will usually find a host. The perc may find something larger to host in for now, and if thats the case, she will not likely leave her host for a new one (after your BTA gets larger). The anemone will move until it finds a spot that...

yep Clarki and maroon

Originally Posted by Dawman I remove the shell and cut the shrimp into 4 pieces . I use these aquascaping tongs to place the shrimp in the anemone`s tenticles . Usuall give him 2 pieces and feed the rest to fish and crabs . Dont remove the shell. Many of the nutrients are in th eshell. Many...

As for food, you anemone will feed on the frozen meaty foods that you feed your fish. as for adding any suppliments such as calcium, buffers and trace metals.. You should ever add anything that youre not testing for. Especially things like iodine. Iodine can be toxic at levels that are above...

Originally Posted by Choco A torn foot in most cases is a bad sign for a carpet anemone. From my experience, sand dwelling anemones such as carpets usually don't recover very well when their foot is torn since their foot is usually in the sand. However, rock dwelling anemones tend to recover if...

Originally Posted by Choco How do you feed your BTA zooplankton. They do not feed on zooplankton in the wild so why do it in a fish tank. Anemones feed on meatier foods such as shrimp and fish. They do capture larger meals on occasion, but for the most part they are capturing smaller particles...