ANENOMES/CORALS

[b.b.bigbrother]

Ive noticed that everyones against buying anenomes due to short life span in captivity but what about corals life span? I was at lfs and asked about a coral just wanted to know how hard to keep,forget the name. He vilunteered information of 6months to two years. what are average life spans? I do'nt agree with people buying anems but have done my killing of them before i found this bb now atleast i have knowledge. I may try buble if i get real good at my tank but just one. I feel this like any of the birds,lizards ect is kindda robing enviorment. Even if you stop buying someone will and theres a better chance of them living in one of our tanks than beginers. And what about fish i see this fish store near me that has a ton of fish and are very high priced i see alot dying if they lowered price they would sell more and kill less due to overstocked tanks and stress i feel sorry for all the animals but i know it wo'nt stop. People are the worst animals on the earth 90% suck. I WISH WE COULD ALL JUST GET ALONG. <img src="graemlins//freak.gif" border="0" alt="[freak]" /> sorry i just thought i'd have to say something i'm tired about reading about why should'nt buy anenome and then people at the end asking what kind they should buy it's driving me insane. But for the good you people have done i'm not going to buy much more you made me think about it ALOT!

 

[b.b.bigbrother]

But my point is what abuot some corals? Do'nt you have same problem with them also yet i never hear about them? do'nt most live along time in the wild, yet not very long in captivity? Does anyone have basic figures for life spans of corals in wild vs captivity i'm interested in what i should expect if i try leathers, toadstools ect do'nt know much of anything about them. I finally have overtime again so now in about 1 month will invest "slowly" in some books to really try to understand more if i can handle "reading" something i have'nt done since 17. But i know the anenomes i did have i killed due to the way i used to do water changes not heating water and airating overnight or using purifier. I still have small maroon anenome i've had from before i new about this bb i've had them get pretty large and sticky when i'd take my time and stay ontop of water changes. It was when i'd get lazy,not take care of tank then when i'd do water change go crazy with practically cold water. Now i would'nt dream of neglecting so much.

 

[b.b.bigbrother]

Okay i guess youre right research does show that anenomes don't live long. But it kinda pisses me off that when i go to lfs you see them doing okay,then when you come back later you see them dead same with fish! Don't you feel you might have taken better care of it than the stor and give it a fighting chance? I'd like to stop them from selling,but they wo'nt.I atleast am going try to buy tank raised fish.

 

[bob the builder]

Originally posted by golfish:
<strong>Sure, there are corals out there that we should not try to keep.</strong><hr></blockquote>
one of those corals is culiflower coral. Seems easy to take care of since it needs 0 light, but you'll be suprized. Also, a flower pot coral is extremely hard to care for, they are just as hard to care for as anemones. Golfish seems to know his stuff on this one.