anenomes

huckleberry

huckleberry

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hey, i have a question, just bought two anenomes today.. my first ones...
i dropped them in the tank...
will they go where ever they want to until they find a place? or should i place them? what about where I want them?
i want one on eitehr side of the tank...
can i move them later on?
just curious?
thanks for your help
huck
 
cboyfan2020

cboyfan2020

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first...how old is your tank?
second, most anenomes prefer the sand or wedged up in a rock.They will move to a place they like better and when they do be ready to move corals and such.
Anenomes should not be started until your tank is at least 8 months old although most will say a year.
 
logan15

logan15

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some say 8 months some say a year mainly you wnat good lighting they require descent lighting.Also they will move until they find a place they like with the right water movement and lighting.I would touch them or really mess with them.If you want to you can wedge them inbetween a rock.Yes I would reccomend a tank for it to be at least 8 months old.
Hope This Helps,
Logan
P.S. A clownfish will help them acclimate faster and be less stressed do you have one?You dont have to have a clown most people just like the realationship between the two.
 
mightyoxjuice

mightyoxjuice

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P.S. A clownfish will help them acclimate faster and be less stressed do you have one?
logan where did you get this information?
 
fshhub

fshhub

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some say 8 months, some say a year
and MOST say never.
other than that, the infor is correct, they will move til they find out where they want to be at, so just put them on a rock and let them go.
 
mightyoxjuice

mightyoxjuice

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fshhub
I had seen an earlier thread from several months ago with info listing that anemones live 100-200 years. I was using that as my source, thanks for the correction.
 
fshhub

fshhub

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yeha, they are supposed ot live for centuries or thousands of years, not just one or 2, I just find that fascinating.
Who syas you can't live forever? you can if you are an anemone
 
fshhub

fshhub

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we would have to ask the scientists, that si kinda like trying out how to figure out how we know that a 15 ft blue marlin is @150 yrs old. I cannot tell you for sure. But they figure this out sometimes.. Even a 50 yr old wild fish or anemone, is very questionable as to how they figure it out. But they do.
 
sammystingray

sammystingray

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Anemones are a waste of money, and they simply don't live very long at all for most people......regardless of conditions. I would guess their life span is generally cut down to about a month for every 500 years they would have lived. I'm done with them. :)
 
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