Condi or haitian?

[ketill]

I have a reef setup, and am looking for an anemone for my maroons. My local LFS only has Condi and Haitian right now. they bost look cool, but as always research before buying. I want to make shure I don't end up with something that will eat my whole tank.
specs.
65G w 15G fug
260W PC (much of the rock surface is 4-18 inches from surface)
70+ pounds LR most over 3 years in my tanks.
pump is rated 2100 gph but has 4' return line to pump thru. and hob skimmer
fish list:
2x maroon clowns about 1" or less
Female madrine dragonet
2x fire fish
inverts:
5x pepermint shrimp
15x assorted hermits(SWF.com variety)
2x mexican turbo
10x unknown snails ( look like they have elephant trunks) about 0.5"
1 abalone
1 linkia (sp)
( was havin trouble posting this earlier, if one of the previous partials came up I am sorry)

 

[j.p]

condi arent a naturall host so they coulkd eat ur clowns if the host it and i think the same with the other 1 but im not sure

 

[hurleykid69]

wait and get a bubbke tip or a sebae anemone. they are more money but worth it because they naturally let clowns host it.

 

[ketill]

thanx for the input. So far others have been suggesting i not even get the clowns one with PC lighting. so not shure it matters a whole lot yet. :0( glad I posted before purchase, thanx to both of you.

 

[j.p]

no problem glad we could help

 

[perfectdark]

It would be difficult to say if you will have luck with an anemone. But If I were to suggest any it would be a BTA, again your on the short end of light intensity for any anemone but its possible you could keep a BTA for a short while..depending on where it decides to foot.

 

[fromoe]

i had a gs maroon that hosted my condi within minutes of being put into the tank. Maybe I was just lucky

 

[skipperdz]

maroons host long tentacles pretty well too, my buddies gold strip maroon hosted a condy but now he also has a bubble and he jumped ship to that one lol. i heard hatians are more for display than hosting. id go LTA or BTA.

 

[perfectdark]

FYI... Haitian anemones are the same as Condylactis anemones.. one is the common name the other is the scientific name...Condylactis sp. which are found in the western atlantic. They are not common to clownfish in general so thats where the debate comes in on weather or not they will host it. Some species of clown fish are so driven that they will just because.. but your chances are decreased with these species of anemones. Unlike LTA's which are found in a completly different region, western Pacific, from South Japan, through the Philippines, eastern Indonesia, New Guinea to northern Australia.

 

[peachie98]

I got a BTA from this site last week and my one maroon hosted it in less than an hour and hasn't gone far from it since...and the anenome is doing great...I wouldn't risk something that might hurt your fish if you can get an anenome that you know the clownfish will host.

 

[happyhourh]

Originally Posted by peachie98
I got a BTA from this site last week and my one maroon hosted it in less than an hour and hasn't gone far from it since...and the anenome is doing great...I wouldn't risk something that might hurt your fish if you can get an anenome that you know the clownfish will host.
I just got a bta from here yesterday and my maroon that hosts my xenia has moved to the bta overnight. Are you satisfied with the specimen you got from here?