Help need anenome info!!!

[r1killer]

I have a 75 gallon soon to be full reef with approx 60lbs live fiji ,tomato clown,2 damsels,3 blue leg hermits,4 mex turbo snails.My salt is .24 and been very consisitent on levels.My question is I have been looking at anenome's and cannot seem to get a straight answer on which to get and their requirements.All the local stores seem to carry alot of carpet anenome's--are these good? will my clown host with it? Also my lighting is 2 40watt standards and 1 40 watt coral life (saving for the big lights)will these suffice?? what would you recommend? for my set up all your help is appreciated,Steve

[JennM]

Hi Steve,

First of all, WELCOME to TRT!!!

Given your lighting, I would not recommend an anemone or any photosynthetic animals at this time. Your clown does not need an anemone in order to be happy- it will pick its own place to host.

Anemones are delicate and need mature established tanks, high lighting, meaty foods and a bit of luck. IF down the road, after researching, you find that you would like to attempt to keep one, a bubble tip (E. quadricolor) is probably the best bet, with captive propagated "clones" available - these have reproduced by fission (dividing themselves) and tend to be about the best suited for captive life. Carpets are more tricky, and they can grow quite large and they can consume your other fishes too.

How long has the tank been running? When you say, ".24" I take it to mean your specific gravity is 1.024? If so, that is a good specific gravity to run for a reef/fowlr tank.

Hope this helps,

Jenn

[ruhspolostar]

If your attached to your fish I'm going to have to say

NO NO NO NO NO

to the carpet, usually there okay it just depends on the risk your willing to take.... in some tanks they eat everything but the clowns....

[Alice]

They've been known to eat clowns too, who don't acclimate quickly enough to life in anemone.

I'll second Jenn here; take you time with an anemone and make sure the tank is ready. You may even find you don't want one. Clowns will host with just about anything; powerheads, overflow boxes, mushrooms, zoanthids, colt corals.

Welcome to TRT!

[ruhspolostar]

My clown schools with my chromis, their pretty wierd dudes

[tims]

my clown likes my flower pot coral...

i had a condy... he ate a few people and now lives in the LFS..keep in mind that they like to eat what is in your tank....

i would wait until your lights are better...