Pink Tip Anenemone

[mr.marine]

hey,
i just got a pink tip and was a bit worried.
is there anything important i should know about it? how should i feed it? will it sting my occ. clowns? anything else? any helpful hints???
tanks perry

 

[set-man]

I think anemones are very difficult to keep. They need very intense lighting. They should only be kept by experienced hobbyists. They all seem to wither away and die after a few months. There will always be a few people who have stories of keeping anemones for years.
Saying this, it matters what type of anemone you have. Do you have a pink-tip sebae or a pink-tip condylactus. Before I stopped keeping them, I found that raw cocktail shrimp or squid was taken well. They will shrink for a day or so after getting their meal. Feed them every 4 or 5 days. Their main source of nutients is from light which allows algae living in them to provide them nutients. Good luck.

 

[moruti]

A Condy anemone will probably sting Your Occelaris clowns. Condy anemones are from the Carribbean and clowns are from the Pacific. However, for some strange reason, sometimes Clarkii clowns will adopt a Condy.

 

[johnnysalt]

My tomato clown LOVES my pink condy! Pretty cool sight to see! Gotta like those cheap anemones....that still get attention!

 

[dindi]

When it dies it will kill all your fish. Take it from me...school of hard knocks, they release poison thus death to you fish. Anyone else here experience the same? let us know

 

[johnnysalt]

Dindi,
Thanks for posting something so matter of factly like that....Yeah, I had another pink condy too until a few weeks ago. Still having issues with nitrates...maybe that was what killed it. Either way, it did NOT kill all my fish...you wanna guess how many of my 6 fish died?! ZERO! Wanna take a stab at how many of my inverts croaked? NONE!

Glad you're asking questions about your animals flameangel....except ask the Q's BEFORE you buy stuff! Also, try not to get frustrated when you here responses that leave no room for other people's experiences!