According to the book by Joyce Wilkerson, Perculas do not need an anemone in order to breed. Also, the anemones that she lists as being "Percula-compatible" are for the most part short-lived difficult to care for anemones (e.g. the Ritteri, and other carpets). The current trend is to not use any type of anemone, but to rather use an easy-to- care for coral, due to the poor survival rate of anemones.