Best anemone on a sps system ??

[Vlado4x4]

So my wife is letting me know that she wants a pair of clowns and an anemone.
I have a 260g reef with lps and sps. Mainly frags still.

Which anemone would you recomend, that dosen´t walk all over the tank, killing what it touches ??

Sorry for my english, not my native tongue.

 

[Allmost]

only option is CArpet, it stays on sand.

 

[Vlado4x4]

WOW lightning answers LOL

How big do they get ? Can perculas go in ?? I have 2 pairs, orange and b&w

 

[Allmost]

they arent easy to keep, look it up. they get huge.

but its the only anemone I know of that will stay on sand, not move much once comfy and doesnt have long tenticles to sweep and kill corals around it.

 

[Vlado4x4]

Thanks Allmost !!

What about this ones ??

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=497+499+3219&pcatid=3219

Does anyone have one of these hosting clowns ?? Is it possible for them to host or not a chance ???

 

[Vlado4x4]

Or even Rock Flower Anemone ... can this ones host percula clowns ??

 

[Allmost]

no they are not the type that clowns host in. but are very pretty.

 

[barry_keith]

they stay put, most of the time, but don't host.

 

[barry_keith]

maybe a sexy or anemone shimp but thats all

 

[Vlado4x4]

Ok, so let me start all over.

Which anemone would host percula or acellaris, that won´t get huge and don´t ¨walk¨ to much ?

I know i have to take out the GIG and the carpet. Maybe even the crispa and the magnifica ?
These leads us to only the BTA´s ???

 

[Allmost]

as I said, all anemones can grow to meters across. over 100s of years. they are not fish and their max size does not determine what can be kept or not.

BTA and LTA will walk and kill corals, they get huge.

carpet [3 types] doesnt walk on rock.

magnifica and crispa you can make an Island, and put them on that, and most likely they will stay there on that Island, if you are lucky they tooo can grow HUGE.

those are the choices.

 

[worm5406]

How about a tank picture?

If you could rearrange some a S Gig would look pretty nice.

 

[Vlado4x4]

Here´s a tank pic ... allthough the rock work is being changed in the following days.

Had to breack down the tank due to leacking problems ... everything solved allready, thank god.

 

[worm5406]

Well try this then:

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[Toddrtrex]

The problem with using common names is that the information isn't always correct.

S. haddoni is a sandbed dwelling anemone
S. gigantea tend to be dwelling.
S. mertensii tend to be rock dwelling.

Also, not all hosting anemones grow "meters" across. Heck, you would be very hard pressed to find one that is 6 feet across -- meters.

H. mula will stay under 10". There is even a theory that there are 2 different E. quadricolors, a solitary, larger deeper water one, and a smaller, colonial, shallow water one.


Back when I had a full SPS tank, I kept 2 S. haddonis -- sandbed dwelling anemones. The trick was getting the flow right, since they aren't fans of high flow. Same with M. doreensis, which would also work well.

From a couple of years ago. S. haddoni

 

[Allmost]

so you mean there is a max size for an anemone ? [except te maximini ones]

or its hard to find ? hence why I said over hundreds and hundreds of years.

I have never seen a study saying certain anemone can not grow past X inches in diameter.

 

[worm5406]

That picture must be before the xenia days.

Nice tank. Any updates to it?

 

[Toddrtrex]

so you mean there is a max size for an anemone ? [except te maximini ones]

or its hard to find ? hence why I said over hundreds and hundreds of years.

I have never seen a study saying certain anemone can not grow past X inches in diameter.

Yes, I am saying that there is a max size.

Show me a study that states they can grow to meters -- which would be 6 feet across.

That picture must be before the xenia days.

Nice tank. Any updates to it?

That was the 58, which got transferred to the 65 Xenia tank. I lost the blue S. haddoni and a lot of the corals after having to have emergency back surgery -- main pump ran dry. Still have the green haddoni, which is in the Xenia tank. Away from SPS until I can physically take care of them properly.

 

[worm5406]

So point proven... Tell your wife.. OK... you will get one... and that it will take some research first.

Then explain that to get one it will take upgrading to a 550 tank.

After the heart attack and the rolling of they eyes and the yelling.

Say thanks and find what will work for your maintenance level.

All of them require a bit different maint level from nothing at all, to hand feeding with extra additives.

You can do it, just do it slow and be ready.

 

[Allmost]

Yes, I am saying that there is a max size.

Show me a study that states they can grow to meters -- which would be 6 feet across.

We missed you Todd

as I said, I havent found any that state there is a max size. was hoping you could point me to the direction where you got the max size from so I too can learn

from some pictures of wild anemones, I see some as large as the divers ! will try to find those pics and post them here