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michaeltx
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my tomatoe hosted in a BTA and a LTA i am not real sure about your setup but I would figure a BTA would do fine. is this for the 75. if so I would what a little while before adding one and let everything settle a bit from the move.
I would try to get a couple more VHO's on it though to increase the light a little bit just to be safe.I had my BTA under 220 watss PC and it did fine though. here is a pic of him.
Mike
I would try to get a couple more VHO's on it though to increase the light a little bit just to be safe.I had my BTA under 220 watss PC and it did fine though. here is a pic of him.
Mike
michaeltx
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well after the clown hosts with it then it pretty much feeds it, I have tried to feed mine but the clown runs into it thinking I am hurting her home and the food floats away but if I drop it into the tank she grabs it runs over to it and lets it have it then she goes and gets some for herself. funniest thing I ever saw.
good water quality, good food, and a moderate current and light and mine does fine. do some research on them before you buy one though and if you can get a second or third generation clone they are more adapt to tank life and will have a higher survival rate. but can get very expensive.
Mike
good water quality, good food, and a moderate current and light and mine does fine. do some research on them before you buy one though and if you can get a second or third generation clone they are more adapt to tank life and will have a higher survival rate. but can get very expensive.
Mike
leigh
Active Member
just to offer the flip side, my clowns try to steal food from their host anemone. i gather this is very odd, but they're an odd bunch. it only took them like 20 minutes to take to the bta (rare i hear) and now if i put a shrimp anywhere in the tank the clowns bap it away from the anemone and munch on it themselves, the greedy lil buggers...so i actually have to make sure the anemone has a 'sticky' hold on his food before i let go.
-leigh
-leigh
spsfreak100
Active Member
Logan,
The last thing your tank needs is an anemone. It's not going to live in an "Under Contruction" tank. Anemones are not hardy animals anyway. They're extremely difficult to keep, and I respectfully strongly disagree with the current advice you've been given.
First off,
Clowns do not need an anemone to live a healthy and happy life in captivity. You can take that statement as a fact.
All anemones will have horible survival rates, and few live over 4 months. An Anemone of any kind should not be bought for the clowns or your tank. Anemones may move where they wish, which gives them a high chance of stinging other corals, getting stuck in a powerhead, or getting stung. Anemones are actually not "Real" reef inhabitants. Many have only been recently introduced into reef aquariums. For the most part, anemones do not survive well in the home aquariums. Even if you had the perfect setup, it probably will still die.
If you want something for your clowns to host in, I would recommend a Toadstool leather (Sarcophyton sp.) for your clownfish. These will make perfect hosts for the clownfish, and often will resemble an Anemone. Many other types of leathers including the Devils Hand (Lobophytum sp.), Spaghetti Leather (Sinularia flexibis) and Finger Leather (Sinularia sp.) will also work fine.
Other good hosts include the Colt coral (Cladiella sp., or, Alcyonium sp.), Kenya Tree (Capnella sp.-should be added to a mature aquarium), Alveopora (Alveopora sp.), Torch Coral (Euphyllia glabrescens), Hammar Coral (Euphyllia ancora), Bubble Coral (Plerogyra sp.), Green Star Polyps (Pachyclavularia sp.), Xenia (Xenia sp.?), Frogspawn (Euphyllia sp.), etc.
There were many I never meantioned, only due to the care level required for them, and the difficulty of keeping them sucessfully alive. Some of these include the Flowerpot (Goniopora sp.), Plate Coral (Heliofungia Actiniformis), and Elegance (Catalaphyllia sp.) to name a few.
Please do not buy an anemone. Save your money and buy it on something that will actually live.
Anemones do best in the ocean, which is where they belong.
Graham
The last thing your tank needs is an anemone. It's not going to live in an "Under Contruction" tank. Anemones are not hardy animals anyway. They're extremely difficult to keep, and I respectfully strongly disagree with the current advice you've been given.
First off,
Clowns do not need an anemone to live a healthy and happy life in captivity. You can take that statement as a fact.
All anemones will have horible survival rates, and few live over 4 months. An Anemone of any kind should not be bought for the clowns or your tank. Anemones may move where they wish, which gives them a high chance of stinging other corals, getting stuck in a powerhead, or getting stung. Anemones are actually not "Real" reef inhabitants. Many have only been recently introduced into reef aquariums. For the most part, anemones do not survive well in the home aquariums. Even if you had the perfect setup, it probably will still die.
If you want something for your clowns to host in, I would recommend a Toadstool leather (Sarcophyton sp.) for your clownfish. These will make perfect hosts for the clownfish, and often will resemble an Anemone. Many other types of leathers including the Devils Hand (Lobophytum sp.), Spaghetti Leather (Sinularia flexibis) and Finger Leather (Sinularia sp.) will also work fine.
Other good hosts include the Colt coral (Cladiella sp., or, Alcyonium sp.), Kenya Tree (Capnella sp.-should be added to a mature aquarium), Alveopora (Alveopora sp.), Torch Coral (Euphyllia glabrescens), Hammar Coral (Euphyllia ancora), Bubble Coral (Plerogyra sp.), Green Star Polyps (Pachyclavularia sp.), Xenia (Xenia sp.?), Frogspawn (Euphyllia sp.), etc.
There were many I never meantioned, only due to the care level required for them, and the difficulty of keeping them sucessfully alive. Some of these include the Flowerpot (Goniopora sp.), Plate Coral (Heliofungia Actiniformis), and Elegance (Catalaphyllia sp.) to name a few.
Please do not buy an anemone. Save your money and buy it on something that will actually live.
Anemones do best in the ocean, which is where they belong.
Graham
wrassecal
Active Member
My tomato clown hosted in my bta, which I bought when I was very new and very stupid about the hobby. Somehow the bta not only survived but split and I've now had both of the them for about 14 months. I gave my step-daughter one of them a couple weeks ago. I found the one I got to be hardy but they do tend to travel some and sting my corals. I would not buy another one, although I love the the one I have. My fox coral would disagree with me
Another good host for them would be furry/fuzzy/hairy mushrooms.
Another good host for them would be furry/fuzzy/hairy mushrooms.
logan15
Active Member
ok thanks graham i was iffy about them i know that they live very long lives in the ocean some even over 20 years or a lot more but few percent actually live past 5 years in the home aquarium.The reason my tank says under construction is because im working on my lights and i just got my 29 gallon fuge setup.Im working on my tank im just trying to gather info on different corals and what not.
Logan
Logan
spsfreak100
Active Member
Originally posted by logan15
i know that they live very long lives in the ocean some even over 20 years or a lot more but few percent actually live past 5 years in the home aquarium.
Actually, Anemones have been docomented to live over thousands of years in the wild
Originally posted by DvSKiN
Dont tree corals do best in the ocean too?? Thats what I've heard from just about everyone. Just curious. I just thought that no atter how mature your tank is, a tree coral is a very very demanding coral. I could be wrong, and I'm not arguin with you, I was just curious, cuz I wanna get a tree coral, but always thought they would never make it. Thanks Graham
DVS,
I specificly gave the species of the Tree coral I was talking about; Capnella sp. I am not talking about the other species of tree coral, which include the Cauliflower Tree coral (Scleronephthya sp., or Dendronephthya sp.). The coral that I was speaking about, the Capnella sp., is not a difficult species of coral to care for. It's actually more related to the colt coral Alcyonium sp. The Capnella sp. is photosynthic, and will get the majority of its nutrients through zooxanthellae, unlike the Cauliflower Tree corals (Scleronephthya sp., or Dendronephthya sp.) which are primarily herbavorious. Hope this answers your question
Take Care,
Graham
javatech
Member
Originally posted by leigh
just to offer the flip side, my clowns try to steal food from their host anemone. i gather this is very odd, but they're an odd bunch. it only took them like 20 minutes to take to the bta (rare i hear) and now if i put a shrimp anywhere in the tank the clowns bap it away from the anemone and munch on it themselves, the greedy lil buggers...so i actually have to make sure the anemone has a 'sticky' hold on his food before i let go.
-leigh
Same with my clowns i have to push them away and stay in front of my BTA or they will take it from it they don't eat it they just like too keep it clean
jimcfar
New Member
Hi Logan,
Before you completely give up on a BTA... pls check out this site... it's hard to argue with success. http://www.wetwebmedia.com/marine/in...ipanemones.htm
Jim
Before you completely give up on a BTA... pls check out this site... it's hard to argue with success. http://www.wetwebmedia.com/marine/in...ipanemones.htm
Jim