Hard to keep anemones?

[probe dms]

I often read things online saying certain types of anemones are more difficult to maintain. why is that. is it only because they require the best light and water conditions? Tank size? what is it?

 

[probe dms]

bump??

 

[garygb]

Some species are just more demanding of water quality and less tolerant of deficiences in the water quality.

 

[imholte]

Read the sticky thread at the top of the page on anemones.

 

[Tofumushrooman]

FAQ please. and yes there are some that are considered even more "difficult" to keep, but equally all anemones take the highest water quality good lighting and as always a bit of luck with choosing the specimen that wants to live in you raquarium

 

[BIOCUBE UNIT]

Lighting doesnt have to be as intense as SPS, usually anenomes do great under PC or VHO. They do require a mature tank that is stable and at least 30 gals.

 

[probe dms]

this small nano seems to be doing well with 36 watts? can anyone id these corals?

 

[Gig 'em]

looks like some button polyps, mushroom polyps, and a toadstool

 

[phender]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12055235#post12055235 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by BIOCUBE UNIT
Lighting doesnt have to be as intense as SPS, usually anenomes do great under PC or VHO. They do require a mature tank that is stable and at least 30 gals.

While this is true of some anemones (i.e. BTAs, Haddoni carpets and H. crispa), the hard to keep anemones like gigantea carpets and H. magnifica need every bit as much light as SPS.

The hard to keep part may come down to things like shipping stress and susceptibility to disease, poor water chemistry, irritation from other cnidarians.

I had a gigantea carpet for over a year that had doubled in size over that time. For reasons I am still not sure of, it started doing the "gigantea death dance". It would deflate and inflated for no reason, each time spending a little more time deflated, then moving from the spot that it had loved for the previous 12 months. Ultimately you find holes in the bottom of the foot and in a week to a months time the edge of the disk starts to decay.

H. magnifica are a little less difficult, but not a lot. The key to keeping a mag seems to be in the ability to select one in perfect health in the first place.