Ritteri, gigantea, or haddoni?

[~SIRENA~]

I want to add an anemone in the future. I am undecided on which anemone to keep.
1st choice Ritteri
2nd choice gigantea
3rd choice haddoni
I have strong lighting, space, and will add more flow if necessary.
Please help with any advice on keeping a healthy any of the above?

tank specs are in my sig
thanks

 

[AD87]

Are we all assuming that your tank has been est for a long time and para are spot on?
If it was up to me and I wanted to have a species tank, I would try the Ritteri.

 

[traveller7]

The only species you list with a measureable success rate is S. haddoni.

I would not consider the others unless you have years of anemone experience and access to known sources of healthy specimens. Most H. magnifica and S. gigantea are doomed before they arrive at your LFS.

 

[tpdpercula]

I agree 100% with Scott



-Ian

 

[Patrick12]

Ritteri or Haddoni. Like stated though for both, make sure you are up to the task and know how to pick a good specimen. If you do not know what I mean by that....then I would suggest trying a E. quadricolor first.

 

[criccio]

And if you plan on keeping any fish other then clowns, pass on the S. haddoni.

A BTA sounds good right about now.

 

[~SIRENA~]

As far as fish, I have
5 chromis
2 percs
1 flame angel
will add : diamond goby
may add: yellow tang
blue tang
I was looking a colorful anemone that would host the percs...

 

[~SIRENA~]

Only been in the hobby for 4 months, but I am willing to wait 6 more.
All parameters are good
Ammonia 0
Nitrates0
ph 8.0 -8.2
nitrites 0
alk is 2.5meq/L

29g sump/refugium w/LR and Chaeto
skimmer
2 Koralia #3
1 400MH 14k
1 96 actinic pc
1 96 actinic/10k pc

 

[Patrick12]

Get a nice rose BTA. The clowns will host it.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

Re: Ritteri, gigantea, or haddoni?

poor choices for a beginner anemone,
See how you do with a BTA.

 

[traveller7]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11881437#post11881437 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ~SIRENA~
As far as fish, I have
5 chromis
2 percs
1 flame angel
will add : diamond goby
may add: yellow tang
blue tang
I was looking a colorful anemone that would host the percs...

Tangs seem to be one of the more common feeder fish for S. haddoni.

The other species are far from what you want to try without long term anemone experience.

As advised, choose an nice colored BTA or even 2 and call it a day.

Best of luck and we salute you for researching before you made your purchase. Keep it up and you'll find the hobby much more enjoyable.