First Anemone's

[militaryman]

I'm just lookkiing for a couple of pointers on Anemone's. I've never had them before. I have a pink tip haitian and a purple tube coming.
1. How do I place them?
2. How often, what do you feed?
3. I know the pink tip doesn't sting, does the other?
4. What do you use to cover your powerheads?
Any other tips???
Thanks

 

[flower]

Originally Posted by Militaryman
http:///forum/post/3150127
I'm just lookkiing for a couple of pointers on Anemone's. I've never had them before. I have a pink tip haitian and a purple tube coming.
1. How do I place them?
2. How often, what do you feed?
3. I know the pink tip doesn't sting, does the other?
4. What do you use to cover your powerheads?
Any other tips???
Thanks

Anemones send out a chemical poison at each other...since you have two different kinds... you need carbon in the filter and keep up on it, it must be changed once each month to stay potent.
I covered the power heads with filter material used for the cascade canister filter. I cut it to fit and kind of stitched it together with clear fish line. You don't need a needle...just thread the line through the mesh and tie it off.
Just release the anemone...You can set it where you want it, but it will go where it wants to. DO NOT BOTHER IT, it has to find its happy spot on its own.
ALL anemones sting their prey. ALL anemones eat fish or any other critter that gets near it. (clowns are immune to the sting)
Don't try and feed the anemone anything until it is attached. A small chunk of raw shelled shrimp, a small chunk of raw clam or scallop...even a slider. If a small fish should die and it is still pretty fresh, EEWWW...but they eat it. I fed mine once a week, if it spits it out...wait another week and try again.

 

[militaryman]

I have a carbon pad in the drip tray for my wet/dry, should that be enough? Should I shut the powerheads of when I first put them in or just let them go? How about the Formula One food I use for the fish, would they eat that? Also lighting, I have the Marineland T-5 Deluxe HO strip lights. Four 54-watt bulbs – two daylight and two actinic – Enough? I appreciate the help.

 

[flower]

Originally Posted by Militaryman
http:///forum/post/3150154
I have a carbon pad in the drip tray for my wet/dry, should that be enough? Should I shut the powerheads of when I first put them in or just let them go? How about the Formula One food I use for the fish, would they eat that? Also lighting, I have the Marineland T-5 Deluxe HO strip lights. Four 54-watt bulbs – two daylight and two actinic – Enough? I appreciate the help.

As long as the carbon is fresh, and water water flows freely through it...it should be enough. Don't turn off the power heads...the anemones need the water current to get their barings, and know where they want to go. They don't have eyes or brains...they follow the water current.
I am afraid I don't know anything about your type of lights. I have MHs. No on the food...fresh saltwater meat...shrimp, scallops, newly dead fish, sliders.

 

[rlablan]

I fed mine frozen whole cubes of clam and squid... I would just stab the skewer into the cube and pop it down around the anemone. I would wiggle it around and then GENTLY brush some of the tentacles. The anemone would wrap around the stick and pull it from me and hold onto the stick until the food was gone and in his mouth, then he would release it about 5 minutes later. Did the same thing with popcorn krill.
Also, I fed meaty sinking pellets every week and some would fall in the sand surrounding him. He would use his tentacle like a hand and pick them up and stuff them in his mouth, if he was hungry.
I am not sure about your light. Mine was very happy in a deep tank under T5 HO and I was only getting about 3 WPG, and he was on the VERY bottom. He lived happily and is still doing well, I just don't have him anymore.

 

[dingus890]

Lighting from what I hear doesn't really matter for Tube anemone as they are not photosynthetic and are nocturnal and prefer shady areas.
They are not as deadly as other anemones like carpet anemones but can still kill fish and inverts if they get to close. From studies I have read online they have less of a sting than aiptasia.
Keep them well fed and bury there tube in a deep sand bed and you shouldn't have to much trouble with this anemone.

 

[militaryman]

OK my pink tip Haitian is doing great and eats everything I give him but my purple tube has yet to eat anything, it's been a month now. I have offered it krill, silver sides(Pieces), pellet and formula one chunks. He just lets them fall through the tenacles. Can he survive like this? Any thoughts?

 

[jstdv8]

So I saw another thread that was getting good info about his anemone and I didnt want to hijack it....
if I plan on getting a couple of clowns that arent mated pairs would it be best ot have an anemone for each since im assuming they will be territorial.
what type of anemone is best for a reef tank? looking for something that hopefully wont kill a gamma, jawfish, engineer, large cleaner shrimp. OR are small fish out if you have an anemone?
I know you dont have to have them for a clown, but I think i'd like one because they are pretty interesting, but if they stand a good chance of jkust killing all my fish I'll have to not go that direction.
Also if im feeding live adult brine shrimp to the fish will thsi be ok for the anemone too?
Thanks

 

[jstdv8]

crap, ended up posting in the thread I didnt want to hijack. Mods if you see this can yuo move it to its own thread please

 

[rlablan]

I don't keep nems anymore. Not at this stage, I just don't feel like dealing with it. However, that is not to say that I didn't enjoy mine when I did have them.
I also don't think it is a clear cut "it will, or it won't" thing. Anemones eat fish. It's a fact, they are hungry. But I have heard it stated many times that they will only eat a sick fish. As far as what they can eat, people here have said that their nems have eaten WHOLE tangs. So, could it eat a gramma or goby... of course. Will it? Probably not, unless the fish is sick and wanders into it's clutches... Or the nem is just THAT AGGRESSIVE.
I would venture a guess and say that all the most common nems I see are going to be green bubble tips, and rose bubble tips (Which are very pricey). I think they seem to be pretty hardy and will easily be hosted by the right clowns. And beware that sometimes, the clowns just don't want to host. They just aren't wired that way, or the nem is aggressive (Like mine was) and they got stung and now they won't go near it because they are scared.
Good luck!
I am sure that someone else will chime in.

 

[cranberry]

You buried the tube anemone, right?