Best place for anemone

[lockrookie]

dont feel bad i had a gbta dissapear completely no canister filter involved

but if you are using a canaser filter if yu attempt another anemone my suggestoin is make a mesh caseing out of plastick to put arounf the intake of the canister filter to keep the nem or other wandering inhabitants away from it .. not hard to do and will save you future dissapointment

[daniella3d]

How can it get sucket into a canister? don't you have some sort of tip on the input to stop fish and animals from getting inside the filter?

I have a sponge filter at the entrance of my canister so nothing can get in.

[whatcaneyedo]

What just happened was painfully common and completely avoidable with a little bit of knowledge. Next time just do a little bit of reading first. You could have avoided a lot of unnecessary questions and spared the life of another anemone.

[Aquaria]

Originally Posted by whatcaneyedo

What just happened was painfully common and completely avoidable with a little bit of knowledge. Next time just do a little bit of reading first. You could have avoided a lot of unnecessary questions and spared the life of another anemone.

+1 was thinking the same thing when this thread was started.

[whatcaneyedo]

I may come off as being harsh but its just because your situation was exactly the same as mine was with my first anemone 8 years ago. I didn't know what species it was or what its care requirements were when I bought it. My system at the time was completely unsuited for it and its a miracle that it didn't die within the first few months. But fortunately I got lucky and I still have that anemone to this day. Please don't skimp on the reading. The more you know the more likely you are to be successful the next time.

[Kgrizzle]

Oh ya I know that, that was my mistake this time... I normally read about what I'm getting, just this time I was at the store and I had the extra 40 bucks and I knew that I wanted to get one for my clowns... I knew it was a bubble anemone but had no clue it would move on its own... Will probly get another one in a couple weeks and am Going to put foam
Around anything he can get hurt by

[Kgrizzle]

So got another anemone a couple days ago and put sponges around all my intakes and changed up my aqua scape and flow and he's looking really good... Was told he is a long tentacle. What do u think the chance are of my clowns hosting it?

[reefgirl189]

Originally Posted by Kgrizzle

So got another anemone a couple days ago and put sponges around all my intakes and changed up my aqua scape and flow and he's looking really good... Was told he is a long tentacle. What do u think the chance are of my clowns hosting it?

50/50 - It all depends on the clowns.

It's a nice looking one though, congrats. I hope this one works out a bit better for you.

[ryanb69]

How big is your tank?

[daniella3d]

YOu might want to replace those clown if they don't adopt any anemone. Sometimes it does not take long, sometimes it takes forever for them to get the idea, sometimes they never get it.

I had a single clownfish in my aquarium for a year and half that never hosted anything, then I got a tank raised occellaris fancy white and he started to go on my duncan, then the female started to do it as well and the duncan almost died from this aggression. I then bought a long tentacles and after 3 months there was still nothing hapening.

I decided to sell those clownfish and got some nice black ice occi and put a sebae in there and in a day they were in it. I bought a second sebase and now they are going from one anemone to the other and also a bit in my duncan but they don,t bother my duncan much so he's not upset like with the other pair.

I decided to give up on my first pair and get another and I am glad I did. Both are tank raised occellaris and both got the idea in less than a day.

BTW, long tentacles anemones become HUGE! mine as nearly 12" after a few months and it was not even eating.