Fighting Corals

RicePaddy · #1 01-04-2007, 09:01 PM

I always thought that Anenome's go where they want.

Will

andsoitgoes · #2 01-04-2007, 09:03 PM

to an extent - from my understanding - and that can be an even further problem, unfortunately, if you have a smaller tank like I do, if you put them anywhere near another coral they could damage and they DO walk, yikes.

I don't know how deep the survival instinct goes in these guys, mine have moved slightly in the last 2 weeks, but how unhappy or at risk do they have to be in order to move further?

BC564 · #3 01-04-2007, 09:05 PM

yeah....my anemone moves around in the tank...I actually moved a rock once because I thought he was looking quite ill.....well....he just moved back under where he was before and I basically wasted my time....

BC564 · #4 01-04-2007, 09:06 PM

he moved about 10 inches total in about 2 hours....give or take

BC564 · #5 01-04-2007, 09:10 PM

anyways....he doesnt seem to interested in anything in the tank....except when i feed him...he doesnt like the cleaner shrimp picking food out of him as he is trying to close up....is quite the thing to watch

BC564 · #6 01-04-2007, 09:19 PM

Sorry....I got a bit off topic....Id leave the anemone some room to move because it is going to move to the lighting it wants...it hasnt hurt any of my corals I have in the tank and moves around things....

Der_Iron_Chef · #7 01-04-2007, 09:58 PM

The folks at WetWebMedia seems to be fairly insistent that it's generally not a good idea to mix any motile anemone with other sessile stinging cnidarians (coral). Most will kill or be killed in the long run.

Of course, all kinds of people have experience to support the opposite. Just a thought!

BC564 · #8 01-04-2007, 10:16 PM

yes I do agree....I got this anemone as a hitchhiker on some live rock....He has been in my tank for about 3 months now and all has been fine so far. Granted he is only about the size of a silver dollar.

andsoitgoes · #9 01-04-2007, 10:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Der_Iron_Chef

The folks at WetWebMedia seems to be fairly insistent that it's generally not a good idea to mix any motile anemone with other sessile stinging cnidarians (coral). Most will kill or be killed in the long run.

Of course, all kinds of people have experience to support the opposite. Just a thought!

heh - the folks at WetWebMedia also seem to be insistent on basically telling anyone who writes in that they are an inferior human and should be urinated on by staff members until the give up and turn to raising crickets in a greenhouse...

that's just my opinion on their letters though, I might be wrong