any reef safe Anemones ?

ireven

ireven

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hi everyone,
I am new here. could anyone tell that which kind of Anemones are the best for reef tank? I have two P clown fish and i want a anemone to be a house for them. However, i heard that some anemones always move around and damger the corals. I wonder there is a litter nice anemone can keep in my 30 g tank. could anyone tell me please?
thank you very much!
 
bdhough

bdhough

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Well. There are alot of things to consider when keeping an anemone. First is their life span. Keeping one successfully for longer than 6 months seems to be a challenge for everyone. Apparently anemones live for a VERY long time. Its not something you want to try until you get a good feel for your tank. As for them being reef safe, all of them are persay. BUT the thing with anemones is they WILL move where they want to go. There isn't much you can do about it other than try and place them where you want them and hope they stay. They will sting other corals as they move about. A second consideration is do you have enough light. You need a solid 150 watts of Power Compact lights on that tank to keep one. More wouuld be better. You cannot keep an anemone under flourescent lights. A clown has the potential to host in anything that waves. So there are much better options out there for a clown fish that are also easier to keep alive. Case in point frogspawn hammer spawn corals are great hosts for clowns and mine took to one after about 2 weeks. So as you can see there is alot of considerations to take into account when getting an anemone. I would suggest reading as much as possible about them before buying one, and consider your other options as well.....
 
ireven

ireven

Member
Thank you so much, bdhough!
I just checked out the corals you metioned. They are really pretty. I think i would choose one of them for my clowns. oh, by the way, i am using 130 w PC lights. I know it's not enough for clams and SPS corals, but all other soft corals and mushrooms would doing fine,right?
 
cprdnick

cprdnick

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see, he's a good guy to listen to.
On mushrooms and some of the other softies I'm only running 2x36w. I think you should be fine, IMUEO. I've even had the frogspawn under that lighting, I'm not sure if that's a bad thing or not, but it's the closest coral to the top of the tank so it should be getting quite a bit of light. I've had it for two weeks, and it's gotten bigger since I bought it.
 
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daniel411

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A rock anemone is rather reef safe and easy to maintain, in my experience.
 
bdhough

bdhough

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Thanks for the compliments.
You've got enough light for a frog or hammer spawn. I have 2 types in my 20 on the bottom under 130w pc. I would suggest a little higher up in your tank. My clown took to the first one. You will have to take into account calcium and alkalinity with corals but some doseings and water changes can take care of that. I'd suggest learing how to do that before getting corals. Or better yet invest in some coral books. I have 2 types that have been indespensible in learning names and what they need...
There are alot of factors involved.
 
ireven

ireven

Member
I am glad to hear that my light is enough for my tank. thanks for everyone's help. I think I know which coral I will get for my tank next.
 
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asbury030

Active Member
i have a twelve gallon eclipse and im gettin a 32w compact and i was wonder what kind of corals could i put in there?
 
killafins

killafins

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Here's a few numbers to think about....
***50 percent of anenome's bought are dead within three months.
***5 percent of experienced hobbyists (2 or more yers of experience) had managed to keep an anenome for at least two years. Meaning 95 percent have failed.
1 in 13 anenomes are said to survive for three or more years.... 1 out of 32 will survieve five or more years. These are even worst and very upsetting numbers.
***Now with these animals, 5 years is considered success (which is quite sad) because in nature a clown hosting anenome can live past a couple hundred years. So around 5 years, the anenome is still considered an infant. THe reason why they survive so long is the wild is cause they only grow old when natural disaster, disease or something along those lines happen.
***Now, here's even a worst number... less than 3 percent of anenome's sold have ever made it to age 5...
***To put this all in prospective... these numbers compared to humans.... growing a child to one year would be considered complete success...
All of this information was from a very informative magazine labeled Tropical Fish hobbyist... i majorly paraprhased but the statistics were studied.... the writer of this article on anenome's was Rob Toonen, PH. D doing the ASK THE REEFER column
 
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