risk with addition of Anemone for clown fish

[yraveh]

Hi.
I intend to add clown fish to my DT.
If I add an anemone now, do I put the current fish in risk?

Yehuda

 

[humphreyhh]

What fish do you have? What size tank and what anemone are you getting?

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[Ron Reefman]

What fish do you have? What size tank and what anemone are you getting?

All excellent questions.

Most fish know to stay away from an anemone that's big enough to catch them. I 12 years the only fish I ever lost to an anemone was a stupid engineer goby that wanted to live with a condy anemone. I have a rock with 8 RBTA on it and many small fish in the tank and no issues.

 

[elweshomayor]

What fish do you have? What size tank and what anemone are you getting?

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This, plus the age of the tank. People recommend having the tank be 1 year old before it truly is ready to have an anemone.

 

[yraveh]

it's 120 G. I have several anthias species, chromis, tang, gobies, firefish, royal gramma.
I am not set yet on which anemone. Open to suggestions plz

 

[humphreyhh]

it's 120 G. I have several anthias species, chromis, tang, gobies, firefish, royal gramma.
I am not set yet on which anemone. Open to suggestions plz

120g will allow you to house most of the anemones in your tank (assuming your tank is fully cycled and ready for a very fragile animal):

-Bubble tip anemone. They carry mild sting compare to other anemones. They can host many different clownfish and they are hardy. Beginner clownfish-host anemone.

-Long tentacle anemone: healthy ones are somewhat hardy. Can host many clownfish. Beginner clownfish-host anemone.

-Haddoni carpet anemone: they are much hardier than other carpet anemones and can host clownfish. Beginner clownfish-host anemone.

-Sebae anemone: malu or crispa, not recommended as beginner anemone but they are easy to find in stores. Can host many types of clownfish. You can get more info about them online.

-Mertensii carpet, ritteri/magnifica anemone, gigantic carpet anemone: stay away from them for now. You can look them up online.

-Condy anemone: they are hardy. They have unique colors and shape but they are not clownfish host anemone. Sometimes they might host clownfish but with chance of eating your clownfish. Beginner anemone.

-Rock flower anemone: nice little anemone that is also very hardy. Not clownfish host. Beginner anemone.

-Mini-maxi carpet anemone: very hardy and small carpet anemone. Not clownfish host. Beginner anemone.

Some others include:

-Tube anemone: not like the common anemones we see. They have very different appearance and care needs. uncommon to see in stores.

-Aurora anemone: may only play host to some type of clownfish and not often imported for sale. Somewhat hardy.



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[pfan151]

If you are worried about fish being eaten just start away from any of the carpets. Haddoni is the worst. It would be extremely unusual for any of the other clown hosting species to eat any of your fish.

 

[humphreyhh]

Yeah Haddoni is known a fish eater. Though I haven't lost fish to mine. Maxi-mini carpet can eat fish too just be careful with these carpets. Some people also reported Condy eating their fish.

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[SALTYwaterDOG]

Anemones tend to move around till they find a spot they like. If you have Coral they may be at risk, if they meet on the anemones quest to find it's new place.
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