My new A. bicinctus

The big question to solve now is which anemone to pick for my 3 bicinctus.
These are their natural hosts (I left H. aurora away as it is more of a "nursery anemone" for juveniles than a suitable host for breeding pairs.)

E. quadricolor (I got a small RBTA clone and a tiny green from DD, but those are earmarked for my little latezonatus so I would need to get more and larger ones)
H. magnifica (kind of difficult to find)
H. crispa (I have a tiny one that would need a lot of TLC and some time to grow into a suitable host for these rather large fish)
S. gigantea (kind of hard to get right now and I rather keep those for my percula)
S. mertensii (not sure if I can get one and if, I'd rather keep it for a pair of allardi)

On the other hand, I have a "surplus" of 3 medium sized S. haddoni (a green, a marbled, and a purple) and haddoni are kind of easy to get and "cheap".
 
ThRoewer said:
The big question to solve now is which anemone to pick for my 3 bicinctus.
Click to expand...

When I think Bicinctus I think BTA and that's what I would go with. Their relative ease of care and different color morphs make them hard to pass.
More specifically, I think of Rose BTAs with darker tentacles and oral disc, a morph similar to Sherman Rose BTA. I've seen a few diving videos showing Bicinctus clowns living in those types of BTAs and they look fantastic.
 
CoralsAddiction said:
When I think Bicinctus I think BTA and that's what I would go with. Their relative ease of care and different color morphs make them hard to pass.
More specifically, I think of Rose BTAs with darker tentacles and oral disc, a morph similar to Sherman Rose BTA. I've seen a few diving videos showing Bicinctus clowns living in those types of BTAs and they look fantastic.
Click to expand...

BTA is probably what I'm gonna go with. Though it's hard to find really large ones these days...
 
bummer...there's no specific forum on here for selling livestock...any ideas where to post the sale of my one bicinctus ?
 
ThRoewer said:
Aquatic Collection
Click to expand...
How funny, I was there the weekend you got those clowns but didn't pay any attention to all the clowns that they had above all the frag tanks. Guess I should've paid more attention but did pick up some nice frags so was worth the trip from the North Bay.

Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk
 
mav3rick478 said:
How funny, I was there the weekend you got those clowns but didn't pay any attention to all the clowns that they had above all the frag tanks. Guess I should've paid more attention but did pick up some nice frags so was worth the trip from the North Bay.

Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
They didn't have them in the tanks above the frag tanks - those are only for tank bred clowns. The bicinctus were in the old inverts system.

Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk
 
Found an interesting paper on the effect anemonefish have on anemones. The study was done on A. bicinctus and E. quadricolor (BTA):
Effects of anemonefish on giant sea anemones: expansion behavior, growth, and survival

Abstract
The symbiosis between giant sea anemones and anemonefish on coral reefs is well known, but little information exists on impacts of this interaction on the sea anemone host. On a coral reef at Eilat, northern Red Sea, individuals of the sea anemone Entacmaea quadricolor that possessed endemic anemonefish Amphiprion bicinctus expanded their tentacles significantly more frequently than did those lacking anemonefish. When anemonefish were experimentally removed, sea anemone hosts contracted partially. Within 1"“4 h in most cases, individuals of the butterflyfish Chaetodon fasciatus arrived and attacked the sea anemones, causing them to contract completely into reef holes. Upon the experimental return of anemonefish, the anemone hosts re-expanded. The long-term growth rate and survival of the sea anemones depended on the size and number of their anemonefish. Over several years, sea anemones possessing small or no fish exhibited negative growth (shrinkage) and eventually disappeared, while those with at least one large fish survived and grew. We conclude that host sea anemones sense the presence of symbiotic anemonefish via chemical and/or mechanical cues, and react by altering their expansion behavior. Host sea anemones that lack anemonefish large enough to defend them against predation may remain contracted in reef holes, unable to feed or expose their tentacles for photosynthesis, resulting in their shrinkage and eventual death.
Click to expand...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

Mr2KiEu
FS: Real Reef rocks with corals. Zoas, Xenia, Shrooms, Toadstools
Replies
0
Views
546
Mr2KiEu
Mr2KiEu
M
Do I have a threesome??
Replies
1
Views
906
Sk8r
Sk8r
o2manyfish
o2manyfish - 560g -- Videos of the Tank Update
Replies
11
Views
1K
tfp
tfp
ThRoewer
Amphiprion chrysagyrus
Replies
1
Views
1K
Yuri Barros
Yuri Barros
richdragon32
Possible Hybrid Carpet Anemone
Replies
4
Views
3K
Mikefallen13
Mikefallen13
Back
Top