Curly Que Anemone

[Namscam]

you know, its not just the curly cue that ll eat fishes....all cnidarians are carnivores so they ll eat anything that is not a plant....even btas or rotteris will eat your fishes...as long as you feed it good, they ll have no need to create much cnidocytes to sting your fishes...an example: compare the anemones in your tank with the ones in the wild...the wild ones will have more cnidocytes than the ones in the tank....y? because they are not being fed on a regular basis....so inconclusion, if you feed it good, it ll have no need to create as much cnidocytes to sting your fishes...but remember they ll eat anything that touches them....

[littleboyblue16]

hmmm scary thats for sure, darn things, they make me wanna cry....

[Beverly]

Definitely don't keep ANY anemones with SHs

[Quinn]

Originally Posted by Namscam

you know, its not just the curly cue that ll eat fishes....all cnidarians are carnivores so they ll eat anything that is not a plant....even btas or rotteris will eat your fishes...

Although I have no hard empirical data on livestock consumption by anemones in captivity, I don't think it's safe to compare this animal to the more docile (not sure if that is really a fitting term) anemones. Many individuals keep M. doreensis, E. quadricolor and H. magnifica without ever loosing a fish, and some do not feed said anemones (including myself, as my M. doreensis refuses to eat). Many anemones will eat weak animals (some focus on this food source even in the wild), however healthy animals generally are able to avoid these types of anemones with weaker stings. Stichodactyla sp., Condylactis sp., etc. anemones are a different story, and there are a number of reports on the larger forums of these animals consuming healthy fish.

Regardless, keeping seahorses with any anemone is foolish.

For what it's worth, the phylum Cnidaria includes all manner of corals, jellies, hydroids as well as anemones - all types of stinging-celled animal. Obviously, a Montipora sp. isn't going to eat a seahorse, alive, weak, or dead.

[littleboyblue16]

yeah well i plann on putting this guy in another fishtank not the one the sea horse is in

[AJ_77]

Matt, please don't put an anemone in a 10gal tank.

OK? Wait until your 3rd (and larger) tank is a year old or better, and you have the experience under your belt to do a good job with the more difficult species.

[littleboyblue16]

k....