new anemone

[lionfish12]

Once my long tenicle anemone died i went back and got a new one! The one i got it really tall and big! My clown is hosting it some. As for the 125. Plan to have it have salt water in it by july 20th. Then add sand and stuff once i earn more money.
ps. not sure what kind of anemone i got. Its white.

 

[thomas712]

Kids Just Don't Get it
It's called research
Quit shelling out money for something you don't even know what it is, let alone just how to take care of it.

Then you stand up and say well the old one died, so I got a new one, or something like it, not sure what kind it is.
Thats just irresponsible in my book

 

[riccio]

You need to listen to what Thomas712 is saying. You don't even know what kind it is and you buy it, you need to do your research first. These animals aren't meant to be disposable. Take the animal back before it dies as well.
ps. A white anemone is a bleached anemone, which is a dying anemone.

 

[viper_930]

Why did you get a second one after the first one died? There is a reason why it died, and it would happen to the second one too. You really have to listen to what Thomas says.

 

[lionfish12]

They told me what i have to do to care for it. It didnt have a price tag on the tank that it was in so i didnt know what kind it was. It has pink/purple tips. Do you know what kind it is?

 

[viper_930]

Either a pink-tip haitian or a sabae.

 

[thomas712]

If it is the condy: This anemone is also known as the Haitian Anemone or simply the Atlantic Anemone. These anemones are brightly colored and are more of a aquarium decoration than a host anemone. Because this anemone comes from the Atlantic Ocean and there are no clownfish found in the Atlantic, this anemone is overlooked by almost all clowns. if a more suitable host anemone is present, you can be sure that the Condy Anemone will be ignored.
These anemones have been hosts to a cleaner shrimp known as Peterson's Shrimp which is a clear shrimp with purple markings on it.
If it is the Sebae: Then you have one of the more difficult species to take care of, and you WILL almost certainly need MH lighting for it to do well. They have an absolutly dismal survival rate in the home aquarium. If it is white now, then as stated you will have a long way to go before it gets better, and it will need that strong lighting for it to have hope of surviving. I base my opinion on the experience of broomer5, who has kept this type of anemone, and from my reading of others who have had the same experience.
Thomas

 

[killafins]

*hands thomas a cold one*