Carpet Anemones
- Thread starter ILLBEEDAT
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. I'm not sure if clarkis will host in them or not ... haven't had much experience w/them. Good luck though!
ddevlin
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I feed my carpet and LTA every 3rd day. I alternate with feedings with silversides and fresh deveined shrimp. I cut a whole shrimp in half and give 1 half to each. As for hosting, I have 4 Ocellaris that host the LTA, Hairy Mushroom, Gonioporia... they stay away from the carpet. (I think they saw what happened to the watchman goby and a green chromis).
http://www.carlosreef.com/AnemoneFAQ.pdf
That article covers host anemones. Which species of carpet do you have? They all host clarkii clowns in nature, though, so that should work.
That article covers host anemones. Which species of carpet do you have? They all host clarkii clowns in nature, though, so that should work.
Amphiprion
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Right. A. clarkii clowns tend to be the least picky when it comes to hosting anemones.
Cutiewitbooty
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hopefully you have some major lights over that tank of yours if you plan on keeping it alive. They most of their needs from the lighting rather than the food.
Amphiprion
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For carpet anemones? That is not true at all. They are extremely adept at prey capture and get a much larger proportion of energy from food than one might think. Proper feeding allows for tissue growth--light does not. Light merely provides carbohydrate energy to keep the anemone going, not growing and/or healing.
Cutiewitbooty
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oh really? I thought they relied more on the light since they are a high light anemone. I now they can capture prey more than most anemones, but i didn't know they got most of their enery/growth needs from that. I have always heard that they are a strictly MH anemone though, is that not true? My bad if i'm wrong 
Amphiprion
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Actually, I should have phrased that a bit better. I don't know the proportion of food:light, but these anemones do obtain more energy hetertrophically (by comparison) than some other host anemones. Some species can still do well in lower light with plenty of food. They also may do well with higher light and proportionally less food. However, I don't think it is quite to the anemone's best interests to lower the overall amount of food. They will do best with heavy feedings and good light.
As far as a MH only anemone, it would really only depend upon the species. I think the only one that would really NEED MH would be, say, S. gigantea. The other two species, S. haddoni and S. mertensii, can be kept in less. S. haddoni has even been kept many times under NO fluorescent tubes. IME, good feeding in addition to good light encourages the best in these anemones, as well as many others (especially other Stichodactylids).
As far as a MH only anemone, it would really only depend upon the species. I think the only one that would really NEED MH would be, say, S. gigantea. The other two species, S. haddoni and S. mertensii, can be kept in less. S. haddoni has even been kept many times under NO fluorescent tubes. IME, good feeding in addition to good light encourages the best in these anemones, as well as many others (especially other Stichodactylids).
