Pink Tipped Sea Anenome?

[Fishfreak]

At my local fish stie they have some Pink Tipped Sea Anenome. Will clownfish go in them? Are they easy to keep? What kinds are easy to keep but are clownfish compatible?

 

[S.Reef]

I need more then that...look online for a scientific name. I think it may be a Sebae Anemone.

No anemone is easy to keep...and yes clowns go into them.

 

[Fishfreak]

Scientific name is Condylactus gigantea

 

[aresgod]

if your doin FOWLR then you wont be able to keep an anemone, they need impecable water quality and powerful lighting, i would pass on this particular anemone, since I doubt your tank is stable enough, they should only be added to mature systems

 

[Fishfreak]

I wasn't going to add it for a couple of months. My lighting is 3wpg. That's not enough? Would I be able to keep any kind of coral though?

 

[aresgod]

the watts per gallon isnt really a good estimate, and you could keep a few low light softies, but no not most anemones, there are a few that dont have high light requirements, but generally they are from the caribbean and they are not clownfish hosts, if your going to do FOWLR then just do that, wait to do corals till you have some SW experience and if you are still interested in the hobby change your FOWLR to a reef,

 

[Fishfreak]

What is the difference you have to do from FOWLR to a reef?

 

[aresgod]

alot, water quality, knowledge, patience, alot more money, nice lighting(big $$), and knowing what things in your system are compatible otherwise your just throwing your money away, FOWLR has alot more room for error

 

[1979camaro]

i have to agree with the others, an anemone is a very bad choice for you at this time

 

[KahluaZzZ]

anyways if this anemone is the haitian pink tip anemone..you'll want to get rid of it. Super aggressive and will sting everything. Well that's what i saw. I even saw one with a dead perc inside..well just saw it dead..but still.

 

[KahluaZzZ]

haitian/floridian...same thing

 

[S.Reef]

From the Atlantic...clownfish shouldnt go into them...even though there cheap I would stay away from them until you develop more expertise.

 

[willthepenguin]

aneomne..

is it a condilactius?

 

[im_netta]

I have three anemones in my 29 gal. and two of them have long tenticles (sort of looks like Medusa) that are light pink and the tips of them are hot pink. I was told that they are called Purple Atlantics. I have two clowns that were bought separate from the anemones and they told me that's why they don't go in them, but I do have a little white crab that lives in one of my purple atlantics. Really funny to watch...they're like a married couple.LOL
ANYWAY, I don't know anything about anemones except what i've discovered on my own just from owning one so if NE1 can pass some info my way about maybe their behavior or something, that would be cool

 

[aresgod]

yea, your LFS is full of **** the clowns dont go in it because it is a caribbean species, and clowns dont live there or go in those species, however you anemone crab can and will, you can see pics of mine in the "new digital camera" thread, hes fun

 

[im_netta]

THANKS! I hate people who just bull**** me cause they know I'm a rookie. Hey aresgod, I have an anemone and it looks like a little cluster of palm trees. They are all like a light indian red clay color. NEways, my purple atlantic has taken a liking to it. It has even crawled on top of it at times and it seems to slowly but surely be going in an immediate circle around it; always touching it. Is this normal? Also the "palm trees" are rubberbanded to a small rock (that's how I bought it from my LFS) Should I let it go or does it matter. MLFS had some anemones rubberbanded and some were even pinned to rocks with needles. Does this hurt the anemone?

 

[KLR]

Scientific name is Condylactus gigantea

I have a condy and if you have bright light and feed them a chunk of meat(Krill) 3 times a week they grow big. They are fairly easy to keep but everything i've read and realized with mine is, no they aren't host to clownfish, but every clown is different and some may host in them. Clarki, cinnamon, and tomatoe clowns are the only clowns with the best chance of hosting in one. The reason is condy anemones live in the Atlantic and clownfish live in the pacific, so they aren't used to condys.*thumbsups

 

[Lorna]

Most condy anemones are fish eaters and will eventually possibly consume any clown that is unfortunate to pick it as a host. Condy + clown = disaster waiting to happen

 

[BalaShark]

Most condy anemones are fish eaters and will eventually possibly consume any clown that is unfortunate to pick it as a host. Condy + clown = disaster waiting to happen

I totally agree. I have a Condy and a smart clown. He stays miles away from it. The other one wasn't that lucky though. He turned into Condy food. I feed my Condy krill 3 times a week.