proper anemone
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ponokareefer
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Magnificent and Gigantea are your 2 best options. Unfortunately, they are 2 of the hardest anemones to keep alive.
If you've had success with anemones in the past, you have a tank that is stable (at least 6 months old), and your water parameters are in good shape: sg 1.026-1.027, temp stable in the 80-82F range, nitrates very low (preferably undetectable), good water flow and you have a reef intensity lighting system, then either magnifica or gigantea would definitely be your best options for hosting ocellaris. With my mags, I've observed ocellaris go to them immediately, tank raised.
bundybear1981
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I've seen them host in carpet anemones too so you might be able to give one of those a try too
i have had no problem with lta and occelaris clowns i have had a breeding pair in my nine year old lta for 8 of those years and all the clones from this nem have been occelaris one pair black and two normal and one percula and occelaris pair.the nem can fill to 19 inches when hungry.i think clown just cant turn down the long flowing tentacles of the lta.i also find it is the easiest of all nemswith clown host.without clown host bta and condy are easiest but with clown i say lta because they dont fully deflate to poop wich when a bta fully deflates i find the clowns beating them till they open wich if you are acclimating them will cause allot of stress and make them move allot.but lta use there tentacles to remove most of the waste or just closes a little to poop.im not saying bta arent easy nems with clowns i just have had badtimes with them and tomatoe clowns to wich i keep my rose bta clown free and he looks amazing doesnt lose bubbles eather.allso lta are cheaper you just need a 4 inch sand bed to make them comfortable.i find a nice spot in the sandbed and get a pvc pipe connecter with one side widder about 3 inches wide on one side and 4 inches on the other.i then dig that into a good spot on the sand small side down then place the lta in it and gently fill in with sand to lightly cover nem dont worry this will help him get his foot to the bottom to secure himself.then i turn out the lights for the rest of the day.now i have done this many times and i ahve seen this done manny times and all times nem never moved out of spot and was very happy there to.if you have a par meter it would be a good idea to find a spot on the sand bed with high par and good current before you set in the pvc.gl and if you need more help doing this just pm me. i have had a captive lta nem for nine years now and he has split 4 times with healthy clones .you should find a purple lta they look great and then get a pair of black false percs that is my next tank.
sqwat wrote: "i have had a captive lta nem for nine years now and he has split 4 times with healthy clones .you should find a purple lta they look great and then get a pair of black false percs that is my next tank."
I've been under the impression that Macrodactyla doreensis doesn't split. By chance any pics of the anemone or, even better, the anemone while splitting?
I've been under the impression that Macrodactyla doreensis doesn't split. By chance any pics of the anemone or, even better, the anemone while splitting?
Toddrtrex
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They don't split. That same comment was made in another thread. There have been some "mis-guided" statements made by that poster already.
D-Nak
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+1.
I recently made a mistake and sold my healthy mag for a purple gigantea. Unfortunately, I could not get it to acclimate and it died after three weeks. The process was slow and extremely heart-wrenching. My tank is stable (I was monitoring standard conditions as well as iodine), has proper halide lighting, and MP40s for flow, so all environmental conditions seemed fine. No one seems to have the magic recipe to get gigs to successfully acclimate all the time.
The challenge with these anemones is to find a healthy one. Giganteas come into the LFS and often look okay to the casual observer. They have good color, are sticky, mouths are tightly closed, they are fully expanded with deep folds, and their foot appears fine. However, I would also look at tentacle length since I think this is a visual clue to a healthy anemone. Healthy gigs look like what some have described as "shag carpets". The ones that usually first arrive into the LFS have short tentacles that resemble a haddoni. This is not to say that these aren't healthy, but I think a good sign is one with fully extended tentacles.
Your best bet is to buy an anemone from a local reefer who's had it in their tank for a while. It may take a long time to find, but well worth it. I'm still kicking myself for selling my healthy mag.
Good luck!
goldframe44
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i have some in a carpet
they do split i have had mine split 4 times in 8 pluss years and it is a lta so dont do saying it might not be i have been doing this since 1995 and have seen mant lta split just cause you havent doesnt mean they dont.you are completly wrong.i dont want to start a fight but people have to get out of the bubble they are in and realose just because it hasnt happened in there tank or someone they no means it hasnt happened.and thier are documented cases of them splittin also.their is so much we all dont no and by sayi ng people are wrong is not how a forum like this is supposed to go the poster is to take all the info the people post on their question and come up with a solution from all the facts.my saying someone is wrong and derailing the post does nothing but confuse the poster.if all you want to do is show the poster how smart you think you are pm him.i have seen some crazy thing in reef tanks and the tanks in the resterounts and houses my company takes care of this might not happen in nature but it happens in the tanks caused by stress and diff envioronments we think is right for them.just cause you didnt see doesnt make it so.
okay bro i just got off the phone with my freind who runs a aquarium near and is a marine scientist and he said every anenome splits not just some evryone some more then other and some very rare but all split .i personally so my lta split many times but i didnt no all did but now i do.do you have a lta in youre tank?
ponokareefer
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I think you can quit derailing the thread now. The person wants to know what type of anemone to put with a certain type of clownfish. They aren't looking for a debate on whether or not a type of anemone splits. Let's try to keep on topic.
Toddrtrex
Premium Member
First, please don't call me bro.
If I am wrong, where are all the documented cases of M. doreensis splitting? Why don't you show some pictures of yours splitting?
Really suggest you watch the tone.
That "marine scientist" that you called is flat out wrong if he said that every anemone splits. E. quadricolor and H. magnifica are the 2 hosting anemones that naturally split.
And yes I do currently have 2 M. doreensis in one tank, and an S. haddoni in another.
If I am wrong, where are all the documented cases of M. doreensis splitting? Why don't you show some pictures of yours splitting?
Really suggest you watch the tone.
That "marine scientist" that you called is flat out wrong if he said that every anemone splits. E. quadricolor and H. magnifica are the 2 hosting anemones that naturally split.
And yes I do currently have 2 M. doreensis in one tank, and an S. haddoni in another.
Toddrtrex
Premium Member
"sqwat" you should read this thread "aday2remmbr" was making the exact same (( with similar posting habits )) as yourself......
08TRDOFFROAD
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I got lucky and mine hosted a Green BTA.
The red squiggly lines under your words means GO BACK AND CORRECT THE SPELLING. Trust me, you will not look near as stupid if you at least spell things correctly!!
+1 to the funny debates OP. Seems like all topics derail anymore. I don't personally own an ocellaris(onyx clowns for me), but after lurking here for several months I would stick to the natural hosts Mag and gig ( not even going to try that spelling).
Also, could we get some more feedback on your tank? Size, type of lighting, etc. As you probably know Gigs and Mags get respectably big.
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Also, could we get some more feedback on your tank? Size, type of lighting, etc. As you probably know Gigs and Mags get respectably big.
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