anemone for my black ocellarios.

[cape surf rules]

i was just wondering what the best anemone would be to buy my black ocellarius.

thanks

 

[GSMguy]

[welcome]

it would help if you told us a lil bit about the aquarium

what size tank./dimensions.

what kind of skimmer/filtration.

how much and what kind of flow?

what kind of light .

what are the tanks parameters how long has it been set up?

-Nick

 

[Random Aquarist]

http://fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=6509&genusname=Amphiprion&speciesname=ocellaris

 

[cape surf rules]

i have a 10g aga with a powerfilter for a 70 gallon. for lights i have 96 watt coralife unit, and about 12lbs of live rock. i also have about 2" of sand.

 

[GSMguy]

your tank is too small for an anemone but there are other things that you can have that the clowns might host in including frogspawn coral or a brain coral or a leather.
it is hard to keep a small tank stabil enough for an anemone anyway

 

[Slakker]

Yeah, any of the hosting species will likely outgrow your tank pretty fast...kinda disappointing, isn't it? I won't be able to get my Ocellaris a nem until I upgrade either.

 

[cape surf rules]

they will hot with things other than anemones wont they? i might get a frogspawn for mine. they also look really cool. i just hope that frogspawn will host the clown.

 

[cape surf rules]

i mean host, sorry

 

[cschweitzer]

Yep, they will host just about anything that they want...frogspawn is a good substitute host. I've had mushrooms work, star polyps, xenia, zoanthid mats, heck, even a feather duster(craziest darn thing I've ever seen). Pretty much anything in the tank that is alive CAN be a host. Whether your clowns WILL host anything at all is really up to them...

 

[GSMguy]

mine have hosted frogspawn, hammer, riccordia, and a clam but not the anemone i got for them

 

[geckotail]

that is false gsmguy. you can definetly keep a bta in a 10 gallon. go to nanoreef.com almost all those guys over there are doing it with alot of success. ive even had a pair of clowns spawn with a bta in a 10 gallon.

 

[GSMguy]

ok put a bta in when it takes over the whole tank trade it for a smaller one
i can only advise from my own experience with my 20g and it is difficult to keep all the params in check. i do keep a BTA in there but it would take up the whole 10g tank and its not even that big.

also ocellaris are not totally proven with hosting a BTA they often ignore them. but of course there is only one way to know for sure.