mudplayerx
Active Member
I posted this awhile back, but when the website got an overhaul it was deleted. I really like this pic so I thought that I would share it again. These are my 2 condi anemones about an hour after a feeding.
Pic of My Anemones
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mudplayerx
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Thanks for the compliements guys. I've had these two guys for about 7-8 months now. The larger one is probably about five or six inches in diameter when fully inflated.
Condi anemones are very reef safe. Actually, I've seen other corals sting my condis, but not the other way around.
Caring for them isn't hard at all. I have only two fish in my 55 gallon, so my water is always at good levels. I have metal halide lighting so the condi's have a very nice population of zooxanthellae algae in their tissue. I spot feed them seafood from the grocery store about once every 2 to 3 days.
I'm not positive, but I think pure white anemones are light deprived. Once they are introduced into adequate lighting they tend to turn peach/beige in color (at least condi anemones do). They need to be acclimated to new lighting slowly because if they get their symbiotic algae too quickly, the anemones can die of oxygen poisoning.
All and all, they are pretty easy to care for.
Condi anemones are very reef safe. Actually, I've seen other corals sting my condis, but not the other way around.
Caring for them isn't hard at all. I have only two fish in my 55 gallon, so my water is always at good levels. I have metal halide lighting so the condi's have a very nice population of zooxanthellae algae in their tissue. I spot feed them seafood from the grocery store about once every 2 to 3 days.
I'm not positive, but I think pure white anemones are light deprived. Once they are introduced into adequate lighting they tend to turn peach/beige in color (at least condi anemones do). They need to be acclimated to new lighting slowly because if they get their symbiotic algae too quickly, the anemones can die of oxygen poisoning.
All and all, they are pretty easy to care for.
mudplayerx
Active Member
Unfortunately one of the main requirements of anemones is very high lighting. 
clownsrock
New Member
hi
im new to saltwater aquariums and i was wondering about how u said u feed ur anenomes?
do u really have to feed them?
i never new that
and r they really hard to keep cause i really like them?
-Oliver
im new to saltwater aquariums and i was wondering about how u said u feed ur anenomes?
do u really have to feed them?
i never new that
and r they really hard to keep cause i really like them?
-Oliver
fmelindy
Member
Whoa, anenomes are considered a difficult organism to keep by most aquarists. They demand esxcellent and consistent water quality, high lighting, and have a tendency to move around in the aquarium, destroying or at least damaging other sessile organisms (i.e. other corals or anenomes) or getting sucked into powerhead intakes. When an anenome dies in the aquarium it is a disaster that has the potential to take all your livestock down with it, depending on the method of its death and whether or not you are at home to scoop it out quickly. So anenomes are deifinitely not for beginners... (no offence intended if you are not one). I would definitely do a lot more reading on anenome care before purchasing, if I were you.