Newbie questions

[wang949]

Hi all,

I usually don't venture out of the mantis shrimp section of the forums, but I bought an ocellaris clown and an anenome today.

The anenome was on sale and it was hosting a Gold Stripe Maroon clown.

Once both the clown and anenome acclamate, i'll post up pictures.
Hopefully you guys can identify what kind of anenome it is.

I don't even know if the anenome will host the clown, but we'll see.

Thanks

 

[wang949]

here's the picture. after being in the tank for a couple minutes, the anenome has filled out a lot more. (gotten more bubbly)

 

[wang949]

 

[criccio]

Entacmaea quadricolor (bta-bubble tip anemone)

 

[patriots81]

ya, BTA

 

[garygb]

Definitely Entacmea quadricolor. The maroon clown is a natural symbiont; whereas your ocellaris clownfish is not. Sometimes ocellaris will go to them and other times they won't. If you had gone with the maroon, there would be no separating the two--but maroons are aggressive and might not work with whatever other inhabitants you have.

By the way, E quadricolor sometimes move around a bit before they find just the right spot. During this time, you will want to put screen over any pump intakes as the anemone can be sucked in, damaging the anemone severely and the anemone releasing toxins in the tank that sometimes will kill your fish.

 

[wang949]

thanks you guys. which anenome would be a natural host for ocellaris?

 

[Coral Hind]

natural host - Heteractis magnifica, Stichodactyla gigantea, and Stichodactyla mertensii.

Every ocellaris clown I have ever owned has taken to the BTA so I would not run out to get another anemone. One reason is that your current tank is to small for the larger anemones I listed. Secondly, the natural hosts listed above are harder to keep then the BTA and becuase of that I do not recommend anyone without a great deal of anemone experience to try to own one. The BTA is a great beginner anemone and it is easily aquacultured which reduces the demand on the wild population.

 

[wang949]

thanks for the info coral hind.