Beadlet Anemone and Anemonia Sulcata

[ogiler]

Hi everyone

I couldn t see much about these anemones so i decided to give some information on these anemones.

BEADLETS:
These anemones are nps they dont require any light.They are almost imposible to kill even ammonia and heat is nothing for them.They can be found almost worldwide in various conditions.They catch dead organic materials planktons and other small sea creatures with its 192 tantacles they are not poisonous enough to efect corals or fish and rarely perculas host them.They dont like flow as soon as they are avay from flow they dont wander in your tank they live longer in aquariums and get bigger than wild ones.They only show its tentacles during the dark or when there is food around.They must be fed once a week with shrimp or any other sea food.They are usually red green or brown.Here are some pics.
A green one from my tank


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Same with a sulcata the day i took them from meditranian sea(Turkey)


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A brown one with a small red one


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my red one

ANEMONIA SULCATA(MEDITRANIAN ANEMONE)
These anemones are photosyntetic but by feeding them with shrimp once a week you can keep it without light but while in light it is green it will turn brown without light it is easy to keep since it can live in dirty water and tempature between 13C to 28C they are green-yellow-brown as i mentioned and have pink tips.They like flow and may wander in tank.Unfortunately they are very poisonous and will kill any fish and coral it touched even it gives a incredible pain and a whip mark to humans.

(Sulcata pics taken from web)(Sorry about my English)

 

[bradleym]

Nice specimens. Do you have anymore pics or info on the Sulcata?

 

[ogiler]

lol i found in spain they eat sulcata anemones http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snakelocks_anemone more info and pics.And it says clowns will use sulcatas for mutualistic relationship.But it could be hard to find in shops because they are really dangerous even for humans.

 

[ogiler]

bump.No one interested in these species?

 

[bradleym]

I have a few beadlets, but no room for a sulcata, and yeah they're especially hard to keep due their lower temp range. My beadlets went and hid until I dropped my temp to 74f.

The sulcata I have never seen in the U.S. for sale. If I could get one I might make room for it.

The beadlets are tough, mine sat in transit from the U.K. for 6 days and once acclimated they all opened right up!

 

[ogiler]

I have a few beadlets, but no room for a sulcata, and yeah they're especially hard to keep due their lower temp range. My beadlets went and hid until I dropped my temp to 74f.

The sulcata I have never seen in the U.S. for sale. If I could get one I might make room for it.

The beadlets are tough, mine sat in transit from the U.K. for 6 days and once acclimated they all opened right up!

Yeah beadlets tough and beatiful and right they like cold water i lost some because of the heat but green ones and brown ones can resist heat while red ones can t sulcatas are not sold at any store i think i took some from wild and my hands burned they will kill almost any fish even some clowns and corals instantly that is why it is not sold and it only lives in mediterranean sea that is another reason i think but small ones wont kill fish but you must be carefull if you find any of these.

 

[MarmoteX]

Well today I got confused and thought it was an algae and grabbed a A. sulcata and nothing. So at least I can say that in Tenerife Canary IsLands they are not dangerous

 

[fullmonti]

I'm in the process of setting up a small temperate tank 55 degrees. I plan to have a red beadlet. Will start a thread in the nano forum soon.

 

[LesMartin]

One of my LFS here in the UK have imported Australian beadlets. These are red and after two weeks in their stocK tanks appear to be doing well. I'm tempted. As for sulcata I remember seeing these in the Med. in the south of France many years ago. I too, 'swished' one with my hand and I didn't feel any pain.