fishboy091
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im thinking about getting a condi anemone when my tank is set up. i dont know what kind of lighting it needs or how to feed it. if i put it at the top of the lr closest to the top would it be fine?
condi lighting and feeding
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37g joe
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i have had a condi who has been in my tank for about 6 monthes survived when some of my fish did not. I only have a 17 watt 50/50 florecent and he does just fine he eats brine shrimp and I have even fed him a small live gold fish one time. it was pretty cool to watch the gold fish struggled alot but had no chance one the condi had him wish i had taken a avi file of it maybei well do it again.
hagfish
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MH will make your life much easier with anemone's, Condy or otherwise. Although Condy's aren't as light demanding as some.
Joe, my dad was pretty confident he could keep a condy with minimal lighting too. He started out with a single NO light over a 55 gallon tank. It stayed alive and even looking decent (and huge, maybe 12-15 inches around) until he upgraded to 260 watts of PC lights maybe a month or two later. I didn't feel this was enough lighting to give him a good chance. 6 months went by, anemone looked fine and he's telling me everyone that says you need MH for an anemone is wrong (he had some other lower light anemone's too). Finally after about 10 months, the anemone started getting smaller and smaller until it died. The other anemone's did the same, most earlier though. I had a condy die even under MH's this year and it caused about $150 of other things to die too. He had multiple anemone's and all but a couple have died and it has absolutely wiped out his tank. 6 months of success is nothing. These things live hundreds of years. The majority of people have little success with any photosynthetic anemone's under anything less than MH's. Therefore, I suggest MH's for all photosynthetic anemone's. Especially since they are deadly to the whole tank when they die.
Joe, my dad was pretty confident he could keep a condy with minimal lighting too. He started out with a single NO light over a 55 gallon tank. It stayed alive and even looking decent (and huge, maybe 12-15 inches around) until he upgraded to 260 watts of PC lights maybe a month or two later. I didn't feel this was enough lighting to give him a good chance. 6 months went by, anemone looked fine and he's telling me everyone that says you need MH for an anemone is wrong (he had some other lower light anemone's too). Finally after about 10 months, the anemone started getting smaller and smaller until it died. The other anemone's did the same, most earlier though. I had a condy die even under MH's this year and it caused about $150 of other things to die too. He had multiple anemone's and all but a couple have died and it has absolutely wiped out his tank. 6 months of success is nothing. These things live hundreds of years. The majority of people have little success with any photosynthetic anemone's under anything less than MH's. Therefore, I suggest MH's for all photosynthetic anemone's. Especially since they are deadly to the whole tank when they die.
fishboy091
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i have a 40W blue actinic and 40W high intensity. do you hand feed them or do you just put the shrimp or small fish in there and it will eventually come to the condi?
fishboy091
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i guess not with your hands huh? it would sting me right? so could i feed it with tongs?
37g joe
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Okay my condi has been under a 17 watt NO 50/50 for 6 monthes now looks great has no problems. Im moving up to two 65 watt PC's total 130watts and he well just get healthier and healthier. I do make sure he gets brine shrimp I take a little and make sure he gets it I also give Phytoplankton in the water and some coral additives he gets the larger particals and I notice he become aleart when i put it in the water his tentacles Grow.
Ive touched my condi several times to move him and all his sting feels like is like sticky paper but i cant assure you that you wont get sting i just have not.
NOTE: I am no expert I am just letting you know my experience I might just have had good luck up to now also other condis I see in tanks are alot larger so he might not be as well as I assume and one of the biggest reasons Im upgrading my lighting is for him.
Ive touched my condi several times to move him and all his sting feels like is like sticky paper but i cant assure you that you wont get sting i just have not.
NOTE: I am no expert I am just letting you know my experience I might just have had good luck up to now also other condis I see in tanks are alot larger so he might not be as well as I assume and one of the biggest reasons Im upgrading my lighting is for him.
bchbum189
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i believe that is a condi, but i agree that it doesnt look healthy. When i got mine it was very white, but it should turn brown as all the zooanthale(spelling?) gets repopulated. My condi is a hungry one, i feed it about twice what i feed my bta and rbta. I put it up at the top of the tank w/440watt vho's and hes happy as can be.
Any one know if condis like to split frequently like BTA's do?
Any one know if condis like to split frequently like BTA's do?