Easiest nem

[RLeclerc]

Which of the three is the easiest to care for in ur experiences?
1. Lta
2. Carpet
3. Sebae

 

[ROReefs]

LTA will probably be the easiest out of the three. The all time easiest anemone is the condy anemone. Clowns will most likely not host this one though. Oh i change my mind the aiptasia is the easiest lol

 

[davocean]

Out of those 3 I say Sebae, crispa or malu, crispa being most common but also more light needy of the 2.

 

[RLeclerc]

k cuz my carpet wasnt cutting it n i really want my picassos in an anemone they go in my elegance but im not satisfied

 

[RLeclerc]

davocean y do u say that?

 

[Toddrtrex]

k cuz my carpet wasnt cutting it n i really want my picassos in an anemone they go in my elegance but im not satisfied

What type of "carpet" ?

And, what does the rest of that sentence mean?

 

[khaosinc]

Guessing he means that the fish are hosting an elegance coral and he doesn't want them to.

 

[RLeclerc]

yea it was a haddons i noe its not their natural host and all but that pretty much the only thing i want in my tank, for my picassos to host an anemone

 

[JeF4y]

The hardiest and easiest anemone IMHO is the Rock/Flower anemone. I picked one up when I was a complete noobie with a 2 month old biocube 29. It thrived very well under the relatively poor lighting in the tank. It's still kicking and doing great in the new tank under T5's.

From your list, I would say the LTA is probably the easiest, but that is just from my reading, not from any practical experience.

 

[Toddrtrex]

Guessing he means that the fish are hosting an elegance coral and he doesn't want them to.

Ahh, that makes more sense.



The thing is, if your clowns are already hosted by your elegance, I doubt switching anemone will change anything. Take away the elegance and you have a chance of them being hosted by your haddoni.

As for "ease" of the 3 you listed, I would rate them all the same -- with the assumption that you find a healthy one to begin with -- that is over half the battle.

FYI, my SI Perc pair is hosted by one of my Haddonis, it took them all of 1 second -- I was still placing it in the tank when they jumped in.

 

[RLeclerc]

grrr im jealous!

 

[Toddrtrex]

And here they are in it -- the male is in the back ground cleaning the spawning site.

 

[RLeclerc]

maybe as they mature they may go into a nem

 

[Toddrtrex]

maybe as they mature they may go into a nem

I have never noticed that. In fact there are several pictures around showing juvi clowns in an anemone.

 

[RLeclerc]

yea :/ ive seen them

 

[davocean]

I think you just got those picasso's not too long ago going by memory.
If the hadonni is doing well, just be patient, or do as Todd mentioned and maybe pull the elegance(those are normally a bit of a challenge to keep themselves)
I say Sebae/crispa because I've seen so many inexperienced people able to keep them compared to carpets/hadonni's.
I've seen tanks fry/crash and all that survived was the crispa a number of times.
But they get huge.
Every LTA I've had was very sensitive to light/flow/movement of any kind, a snail falling could make it suck up tight to nearly nothing.
Personally, I'm extremely happy w/ my Malu, seems perfect for me anyway, stays at sand bed, and relatively small at 8-10"
My sebae/crispa got to two feet in diameter, and LTA at 18", just took up too much space in a mixed reef for me.

 

[RLeclerc]

hmm very good thanks davocean!