Ocellaris and sebaes?

[Fish_Kid99]

I plan on getting to ocellaris clowns and have been wondering what kind of anemone to get. I wanted a carpet but I think it would be too big for my 20 tank. Sebaes were my next option an I was wondering if my clowns would host it. Has anybody had luck in getting ocellaris and sebaes to pair up?

I know they are kind of difficult, but I have prior knowledge of keeping an anemone. Also the 20 is for breeding purposes.

 

[phender]

I haven't had any trouble getting ocellaris to accept sebae anemones as their hosts. However, a sebae (Heteractis crispa) can get from 12"-18" across pretty quickly, which will make it too big for a 20 gal tank.

 

[Fish_Kid99]

Ok. Since it was going to be a breeding tank I was just going to leave one big rock in the middle of the tank and put the nem on that so it could spread out without hurting anything.

 

[Toddrtrex]

Ok. Since it was going to be a breeding tank I was just going to leave one big rock in the middle of the tank and put the nem on that so it could spread out without hurting anything.

An H. crispa will still get too big for that sized tank. Had one about a decade ago that took up 1/3 of a 75.

If it this is going to be a breeding tank, I would just skip the anemone.

 

[OrionN]

I do not have any problem get my Ocellaris into my H. malu. Malu stays small up to about7-8 inches or so and would be perfect for a small tank, but they require sand bed. I just got my third Malu last night from Petco for 20.00. DD at Live Aquaria have several for sale at this time for about 50.00 each

 

[Fish_Kid99]

I have a crushed coral substrate, but I was going to empty it out an put it in a 55 gallon that I just started ( I have a sand bed in the 55 but I'm adding cc for the bacteria. The 55 is already cycled).

 

[OrionN]

IME, finer sand (sub 1 mm) are better for sandbed than larger size substrate, how ever either will work. I hav eused fine sand with larger substrate on top to keep the sand from blowing around too much. These will work fine too.

About anemone, if you feed them a lot they will grow fast, If you feed them small amount and infrequent then they will not grow much. If you have a sand bed a Malu is jut the anemone for you

Here is one of my three Malu, with A. ocellaris "Snowflake"

Sand bed it in on (2 malu) 3-4 inches

 

[Fish_Kid99]

Oh wow!!! They're beautiful

 

[Winwood]

Malu's are quite beautiful and DD on liveaquaria has 3 beautiful purple ones right now. FWIW some malu's can grow quite large. A buddy of mine has a brown one that's probably a foot across. I thought it was a H. crispa when I first saw it but all the tentacles are no longer than that of a magnifica.

 

[OrionN]

My malu (3 of them) never get larger than 6-7 inches. One of the Malu I had for more than 8 years. It is a male that spawn fairly regularly with feeding but not growing anymore.

 

[Winwood]

I agree most stay small too Minh and I couldn't hardly believe the size of my friends either. The size alone is what first made me think it was a crispa.

 

[OrionN]

I think that if it get that big it is a Crispa. They look so much a like when they are small. Just from the size alone, it cannot be a full Malu. I am not saying that it is a cross or anything like that. I don't know Crispa too much. I only keep one for about 1 year, then sold him.