Anemone And Soft Coral

[Weiser]

I am planning on having a good amount of soft corals in my tank I will be getting some Clown Fish . Are there any Anemones that can house Clowns that wont harm the corals or are there any corals that would be good for clowns? Thanks

 

[mojoreef]

NO weiser all anemomes will hurt corals if they bump into them. The best route would be to put the anenome in first and let it finds its happy spot and then start placeing the softies as you get them.


Mike

 

[NaH2O]

Here are a couple of articles on Anemones.
Anemone Care and Tips

This one is a PDF file: Anemone FAQ's (very detailed and requires Adobe Acrobat)

Here is a thread on Lighting advice.... Maxx gives some awesome advice on anemone lighting requirements. Two of his links I have provided above.

In our fish gallery the Clownfish Category - contains natural anemone hosts for the different species of clownfish.

Also, a couple of clownfish threads:

FOTW ~Amphiprion ocellaris~

Favorite Clownfish

Whew! Now that I have the links out of the way....

Clownfish don't have to have an anemone to survive in an aquarium, so if you don't have adequate lighting, or don't feel you are ready to keep an anemone....you can still have clownfish.

Hope this bombardment of info helps!

 

[Weiser]

Thanks Mike can you suggest a good anemone

 

[Weiser]

You guys are great let me tell you youve been very helpful I cant wait till I get good at this hobby and can spread my wisdom. Thanks again

 

[MCSInc]

Weiser,

I have softies, anemones, SPS and LPS all in the same tank. Many people recommend against having all 4 in the same tank but each person has to do thier own thing. Anemonies will sting your softies to varying degrees. In my tank mushrooms/cloves/and "sand Polyps" have a fairly negative reaction while Palythoa/sarcophyton (toadstool)and most of the leathers pretty much ignore them and live side by side. Even the softies that take a hit seem to bounce right back after the anemone moves to another spot (or I move the softie to a safer spot).

Here is another thought. Clowns will bond to many different things. Look under my name to the left in "My photo gallery" to see a picture of MoNe and NeMo hosting in my sarcophyton. They love that toadstool. Clowns will also host in xenia sometimes. Sometimes in star polyps. They are very flexible.

Good luck.

Candy

 

[Weiser]

Ok how about som LPS corals that look like Anemones like Long Tentacle Plate Corals as a substitution.

 

[mojoreef]

Clowns can hst in many things, but in most corals they will irratate the coral to the point where it can kill the coral. Leathers are pretty much indestructable though. Usually a anenome will sting a coral as they move or search for food, that is why I suggested letting it have run of the tank first to find the spot it likes the best, from thier it will usually stay put.

Mike

 

[Abissus]

I like the idea of putting the anenome in first so it can settle in, but since anenome also needs a well established tank is it really feasible?

How to do that?

 

[snobanker]

One of my clowns seems to be trying to host in some zoo's I have....funny though the zoo's don't close up when it rubs them....

 

[mojoreef]

Well Joyce corals need an established tank to, But thier can be a difference in times though. If you have corals already in the tank it becomes a little more trouble some. Then you have to try to use some common sence and a few tricks to make the anenome happy. Most anenomes like medium to low flow and alot of light, so I would search for a location that matched those requirements. Once you have found it what we used to do was to put the foot of the anenome into a PVC union and then put the union in between and slightly buried into the rock work. Then clear the area of corals where you put it. Then its just a matter of keeping an eye out for a few days to see if it doesnt like that spot and want to move.

It really becomes hit and miss, if they want to go for a walk thiers not much that is going to stop them.



Mike

 

[Abissus]

Yes, corals need a established tank also of course. I think (at least from what I have been reading) that anenome has much more strict requirements than for example mushrooms and beginner softies (different degree of "established tank" ), so I could not quite figure out how to introduced an anenome first even it makes perfect sense.

My plan is to start with easy softies and then some easy LPS and maybe after a year or so consider adding an anenome (hopefully the tank is established enough by then) and I can gain experience. I really don't want to kill things unnecessarily if I can help it.

Thanks Mike for suggesting how to introduce an anenome tho, I am sure it'll come in handy when the time comes, even it is going to be a while away. Patience, I keep reminding myself.