Help Pickin Anemone

[al vance]

I need some help in choosing the right anemone.
Parameters
SG - 1.024 to 1.025
Temp - 81 to 81.8
ph - 8.3
Cal 420
KH - 9
Nitrate, Nitrite, Ammonia - 0
Phos - 2
Red Sea Prizm hag on Skimmer
2X Power Heads
4X 24" T5 - 2X 10000k daylight - 2X Actinic
2X Clown Fish (black & White)
Corals - Zoas, Mushrooms, Small Bubble, what I think is Cabbage


I have attached a couple pictures.
I moved the bubble down to bottum left side of tank because the clowns were killing it and clowns are now leaving alone (part of reason for wanting an anemone)
I know it may not stay there but I would like to put on Live rock in back right corner of tank. (Were the bubble was)

Do you think it is possible or any ideas on what I should do?

http://flic.kr/p/dLeEAr

 

[al vance]

Any ideas?
I have to travel 1-2 Hours to LFS and will probably have to special order item.
If any more info required please let me know. New to Foruming!!

 

[velvetelvis]

Aquacultured bubbletip (Entacmaea quadricolor). Get aquacultured instead of wild-collected; they're a lot hardier (though still requiring experience and a mature, stable system). If your LFS can't or won't get in AC anemones, there are online vendors who sell them. Also check the selling and club forums here on RC, because people sometimes sell clones from their BTAs that have split.

And before you buy one, read up and learn all you can about them! Bubbletips are the easiest of the clownfish-hosting anemones, but they're still not "easy" in the same way that leathers, polyps, and a lot of LPS are, for example.

IME, even bubbletips are relatively high-maintenance in terms of water quality and daily care. They can't tolerate poor water quality or fluctuations in salinity and other parameters. I love anemones, but I've found that they definitely keep me on my toes as an aquarist.

 

[al vance]

Thanks for your help;
I have seen some anemones for sale but I am so far away from them. 2hrs east driving from Toronto, Ontario Canada. Do they ship reletively well?

 

[velvetelvis]

If they're healthy, packed well, and acclimated slowly, they should, yes. Try to be home to receive them so you can get them inside and start drip-acclimating them ASAP (and give yourself time, because acclimation can take a couple of hours).

 

[al vance]

Thanks I will try to find something. Always drip slowly. Until Salinity and temp are perfect for a while.