Best Newbie nem.

[chansman]

Is the bubble tip the best anemone for a beginner? Looking for something to host my young Ocellaris clowns.

thx

 

[velvetelvis]

Bubble-tips are definitely the best clownfish-hosting anemone to start out with. It's best to buy aquacultured specimens, which IME are hardier and easier to acclimate. Do be aware that your clownfish may or may not eventually go into the anemone (although plenty of people, including me, have had ocellaris that were hosted by BTAs).

 

[kretzkiller]

I've hosted saddleback, ocellaris, and perculas in a rbta. Definitely a good starter and as you get better it will get bigger/better.

 

[D-Nak]

As others have mentioned, BTAs are great starter anemones. Once you are comfortable, you can move into some of the harder-to-keep anemones (assuming your tank parameters are ideal for anemones). The natural hosts of ocellaris tend to be these harder to keep varieties -- H. magnifica, S. gigantea, and S. mertensii. The trick to these three is finding a healthy specimen, or finding one at all, in the case of S. mertensii.

 

[chansman]

thanks for the help. all i have now is a flower nem. that came with the tank.

 

[gg1111]

+1 bubble tips, good lighting, and good flow and okay water perameters.