Carpet Anenome help!

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You can not keep that anemone in a 29 gallon tank with any fish other than clown fish that it can host. If you are set on keeping the carpet, I suggest a pair of saddleback clownfish and nothing else.

One great lesson that all of us can learn is to heed the advice of the elder and more experienced members of society. What they say is not stupid or mean; it's the honest truth and the advice is given to help you not frustrate you.

Here are some photos from my tank . . .

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All I originally asked was if my flow and lighting were enough. I come here to get questions answered, while I appreciate peoples answers and opinions I think the best thing is to experience things yourself. I know have done things that people here swear against and have had the best of luck , because in the end everythings different. That's why I usually shy away from asking 'can I have this fish with this fish, is my tank big enough, etc, etc, etc.

But thanks for those who helped, hopefully he thrives and doesn't eat my fish.

Despite what anything thinks they know, no matter how long they've been in the hobby there is no written rule. As I've posted before, I knew a guy that sadly had his 20+ year old hippo tang die. 20+ years old living in a 75 gallon tank his entire life, but oh wait you can't have those in less than 5000 gallons. (says people who probably haven't had a fish live 20 years)
 
Look, we all 'push' our tanks in one fashion or the other. I am just a big fan of these large anemones and really hate seeing people attempting to keep them in ways that will almost certainly ensure their demise. I think it was Joyce Wilkinson who, some years ago, suggested that these animals should no longer be imported due to the deplorable survival rate.

Maybe a Hippo Tang can live for 20 years in a 75 gallon tank, but I'd suspect for every one that does, a 1,000 will die from disease. I wouldn't play those odds.
 
megatron8121 said:
As I've posted before, I knew a guy that sadly had his 20+ year old hippo tang die. 20+ years old living in a 75 gallon tank his entire life, but oh wait you can't have those in less than 5000 gallons. (says people who probably haven't had a fish live 20 years)
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I hope you will post follow up pictures at regular intervals. It would be great to have your smarmy answer recorded on the internet in one year when the anemone is dead so others can learn from your incredible lack of hubris.

Joe Peck
Pound Ridge, NY
914-656-5418

I am a real person with plenty of experience and education. You are about to kill fish and the anemone you own. If you are so certain of your success I dare you to maintain communication. I will even come to your house personally and photograph your anemone for all the world to view as you succeed in keeping this anemone alive in a 29 gallon tank for more than a few months if you do succeed in keeping this anemone for more than a year I will give you a personal apology online and pay you $1000 and I will do it all on this public thread.

So what do you say . . . want the challenge and the $1000.

I can be at your house on Tuesday no matter where you live, but I will need to come monthly to follow your success, and we will both make regular weekly posts on this thread for everyone to follow.
 
Theres no point , I just do this for fun. I'm not a professional fish tank guy. This is actually my 2nd anemone just my first carpet and I had the last one for well over a year and kept him in a 5 gallon fluval chi with a clown before I moved them up to my bigger tank. (which I eventually sold when I moved)


I'll keep posting if he lives or not but honestly it doesn't really matter, it's just like every fish you buy. Some make it some don't , if you never have had a fish or anemone die then congrats to you.
 
I have had my anemone since 2001. I bought my first heteractis magnifica in 2000 and it died. I vowed I would never buy something that I was obviously going to kill again and joined RC just after that to help educate myself. What I learned online has lead to the success I have had. I have lost many fish to disasters like hurricanes and power blackouts, but never because I intentionally disregarded the advice of more experienced aquarists. Your callous disregard for oceanic life is astounding and a primary reason why this hobby is threatened by conservationists. I recommend you take the anemone back to Petco and tell them they should not be selling a species like this without the sales knowledge to back it up, but I'm an idealist and you can hate me or disagree but that is who I am and what I believe.
 
Well, its NOT like every fish you buy because the vast majority of fish can be kept in a reef tank. Yes, we all lose fish, but it is irresponsible, IMO, to attempt to keep any animal that we know cannot be maintained in captivity.

The problem with these anemones is that they can be kept, it just takes a lot of knowledge and experience. Unfortunately, the vast majority of people who try to keep them, have neither.
 
Well captain know it all you can't get experience without trying it!

Anyways I'm out, you guys obviously are professionals and never have things die and only you guys can have certain fish/anenomes/corals.

I remember why I stopped coming here in the first place , ask a question and everyone goes off topic about something I didn't even ask.
 
Man does this smack of the usual order. Make a bad purchase (and in a 29 cube this is), ask a question, get nose bent out of shape when warned of mistakes, use the I know others excuse/reasoning, insult other posters, post an I'm out when it gets direct.

Either tons of trolls or there is a study to be done on this. Lol
 
megatron8121 said:
Well captain know it all you can't get experience without trying it!

Anyways I'm out, you guys obviously are professionals and never have things die and only you guys can have certain fish/anenomes/corals.

I remember why I stopped coming here in the first place , ask a question and everyone goes off topic about something I didn't even ask.
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That would be because they have the experience and they're trying to help you. Don't get bent out of shape because people are trying to help you out. Hell if you want put it in money terms, they're trying to help you save money.
 
The idea of strict collection and trade laws sickens me. The idea of people acting like this sickens me more. :smh:
 
cakemanPA said:
Man does this smack of the usual order. Make a bad purchase (and in a 29 cube this is), ask a question, get nose bent out of shape when warned of mistakes, use the I know others excuse/reasoning, insult other posters, post an I'm out when it gets direct.
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True!

I guess the only thing I would say is that beyond the petulance, he does make a reasonable point about experience. All of us, at some point, were beginners, and I suspect the universe of hobbyist who didn't make an ill-advised purchase at one point or another shrinks rapidly to zero. The key point is to actually listen to more experienced reefers - as opposed to looking for the answer you want and bristling when you don't get it.

Frankly, places like Petco really shouldn't be selling animals like carpet anemones that have, what, a 1% chance of surviving. Less?

And BTW, that's Professor Know-it-all :)
 
mikeyVR4 said:
Yeah I thought it was funny as well. Too bad the mods gave me an infraction for that VERY WEAK ADULT JOKE.

You would think people would have a sense of humor.
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Perhaps not everyone is amused by middle school vulgarities.
 
megatron8121 said:
Well captain know it all you can't get experience without trying it!

Anyways I'm out, you guys obviously are professionals and never have things die and only you guys can have certain fish/anenomes/corals.

I remember why I stopped coming here in the first place , ask a question and everyone goes off topic about something I didn't even ask.
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This is exactly why regulation isn't necessarily a bad thing.
 
No advice is going to be listened to, so no reason for this to remain open.
 
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