Thoughts on best anemone for Snowcasso pair?

[Katowoo]

I just purchased a pair of snowcassos from Doni. I'm cycling a new tank just for these beauties so Doni's been kind enough to hang on to them for a few weeks . What's eveyone's thoughts on the best / nicest anemone to go with the pair? All thoughts welcome. Thanks!

 

[ocellaris123]

How large is your tank, what is your lighting looking like? Your tank is still cycling so you have at least 3-4 months to go before adding an anemone (some may say 6 months at least). Not familiar with snowcassos, but I believe they are A. percula. Natural hosts for percs includes S. gigantea, H. crispa, H. ritteri, and S. mertensii. None of these are easy to keep however. If this is your first anemone than I would look into a bubble anemone or maybe even a LTA if you have a deep sandbed.

 

[clowns101]

I may be wrong but I think they are Amphiprion ocellaris.I think that their host arte as following:

.1. S. giganta

.2.H. ritteri

.3.S. mertensii(I think

 

[ocellaris123]

You may be right, I've never been a fan of the designer clowns so I have not really done any reading on them.

 

[myreefcentral]

I believe they are true percs and not false...

 

[ocellaris123]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15506776#post15506776 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by clowns101
I may be wrong but I think they are Amphiprion ocellaris.I think that their host arte as following:

.1. S. giganta

.2.H. ritteri

.3.S. mertensii(I think

You are right mertensii is a natural host for A. ocellaris.

 

[ezhoops]

snow picasso's are a. percula and they host in nature the following anems.
in no specific order
S. Gigantea (giant carpet)
H. Crispa (sebae or leathery)
H. Magnifica (ritteri)


In capativity
S.Haddoni (Saddle Carpet)
E. Quadricolor (Bubble Tip)
M.Doreenis (Long Tentacle)
Various others

 

[OrionN]

You should not have a anemone in a new tank. Natural host for A. percula is as ezhoops stated. You got to have a large well run mature tank to even hope to keep Magnifica and Gigantea. H. crispa are much easier to keep. Need a sand bed and a mature tank.
It is best just keep the clown by themselves and get H. crispa once the tank mature. S. haddoni and M. doreensis have been know to eat clowns that are not naturally host in the wild, thus I would not chance it with a pair of expensive clowns. E. quadricolor and H. magnifica have been known to cause color fade in A. percula. Just to let you know so you can make an intelligent decision as to which anemone to get if you decided to forgo my advices and get an anemone for a new tank anyway.

 

[Katowoo]

Thanks for all the advice. In a way it's a new tank, I plan to take quite a bit of existing water from my 2 reef tanks (well over 2 years mature) and put some of that water in the new tank and then fill the other half with new water. I then plan to put some of my live rock from the other tanks into this one to help with the cycling and to put some biospora in it to get a kickstart. With this in mind, what anemone would be best as I'd hate to have the new snocasso's with no anemone to hang out in (even though I know they'll be fine without an anemone).

Thx everyone for all the info and replies.

 

[OrionN]

Water is not all that important but the sand and the rock are. Newly cure rock and sand are no-no in my opinion. Will you have a sand bed? or not?
A H. crispa would be easiest and can be very beautiful with an A. percula pair. Sand bed required. Recommend that at least 3/4 of the rock are old rock from another tank.