Beginner Anemone

[Sinful Aquatics]

I am looking into buying an anemone but I have no experience with them. Lmk what is a good one and that isnt that much of a hand full.

 

[Malum Argenteum]

I would be careful putting a nem into a 24 gallon -- lots of risk with fish and corals getting stung and nem wandering into powerhead. If I were to do this, I'd go with a flower anemone, Epicystis crucifer. Not fancy, but really hardy, not very motile and I've rarely (never?) heard of one eating a fish.

 

[Sinful Aquatics]

Well I'm still thinking about it. So if an anemone is a bad choice then I wont go that route. Thanks for the advice

 

[Sinful Aquatics]

I was suppose to get a small rose anemone but I guess I wont.

 

[Malum Argenteum]

Usually, rose anemones are my favorite choice to recommend...but they are sometimes "that much of a hand full". They can wander for the first couple days (get caught in the Koralia or sit on the overflow and run your return pump dry), and they can get too big for a 24 -- it could take up half the tank.

Not the worst choice, because they are hardy and captive propagated, though.

 

[clowns101]

You have no experince with them so I would do a small brown bubble from DFS and see how it works for you.In time they will get to big and need to be removed!

 

[Malum Argenteum]

You have no experince with them so I would do a small brown bubble

Why a brown E. quadricolor rather than a rose? Aren't the bubbletip nems generally all wild collected except the roses? WC nems certainly aren't hardier.

 

[Sinful Aquatics]

Yeah I dont think I'll be getting an anemone anything soon. I'm buying a lot a frags right now so I dont want them to get killed. Thanks for the advice.

 

[vwmike]

Take a look at the tube anemones. They're beautiful and stay where you put them, I absolutely love mine.

 

[clowns101]

Why a brown E. quadricolor rather than a rose? Aren't the bubbletip nems generally all wild collected except the roses? WC nems certainly aren't hardier.

Yes they are,but with the way holding facilitys are and the way DFS's faciliy does every thing I see no reason why they would not be as hardy as a captive propagated RBTA!