Does this sound right?

[piranhaking]

here is a quote from a book we have at school, and i see one obvious problem with what is says and question the other part
The book is "The Saltwater Aquarium Handbook" by George Blasiola

"Sea anemones: These are hardy and one of the most suitable cnidarians for the marine aquarium. The are easier to maintain than most corals (which implys that they are not corals??) and make an excellent choice for the beginner. See anemones range in color from pink, green, or white to purple. They resemble corals (again implying that they are not corals??) but lack the hard outer calcium skeleton."

the rest of the section makes absolutily no mention of lighting requirments.

So according to this they are easy to keep and are not corals. Goes against about everything ive ever heard about them, or is it just me?

 

[Dubbin1]

Yes, anemones are not a coral. They are inverts.

 

[UnderwaterExotic]

No the author obviously is going by hearsay and has never tried keeping these beautiful creatures for himself! The main key is stability and bright light though if you are researching them! HTH

 

[UnderwaterExotic]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6807327#post6807327 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Dubbin1
Yes, anemones are not a coral. They are inverts.

Or the author is implying that they are not as hard as corals to keep and everyone should try to keep one, even freshwater hobbyists! :lol:

 

[Dubbin1]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6807340#post6807340 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by UnderwaterExotic
Read the statement? They are asking or just seeing if they are harder to keep than corals! Or the author is implying that they are not as hard as corals to keep and everyone should try to keep one, even freshwater hobbyists! :lol:

The way I see it is piranhaking thought that they were corals and I was correcting him on that.

So according to this they are easy to keep and are not corals. Goes against about everything ive ever heard about them, or is it just me?

 

[piranhaking]

your right, that was part of the question. i had thought that both hard and soft "corals" were both considered to be corals, but i just looked in about 7 or 8 online dictionarys and it seems that techanically only hard corals are really called corals. I had assumed that since the name "soft coral" is thrown around so much here it was right, but i guess it isn't. The reason i was asking for comments on this is that i am working on a tank at school and thats the book they bought when they got the tank. The tank only has about 3.5 watts per gallon of CF lights. They decided to get an anemone and it isnt doing very good. There are several little things in that book that they read and i have had a hard time changing their mind on. For one is using a standard ugf in a tank with inverts (which i know has been done but not many people would suggest it that i have talked to) and another problem i had was that the test kit they have said nitrate in the range of 130 is still ok. I dont see that being healthy for a reef tank.

 

[Dubbin1]

Sounds like they need to buy a new book.

 

[UnderwaterExotic]

I only have had sucess with anemones under Metal Halide. Some others have anemones under nothing more that VHO's! I dont know about CF's!

 

[Dubbin1]

I had a GBTA that did just fine under 24w of PC in my 12g nano cube.