I want to add an anemone to my salt water tank… Can you help?
My setup is a 55-gallon saltwater tank, set to about 78-degrees. Current residents include a percula, a cinnamon clown, a few damsels, a coral beauty angel, and a snail and a shrimp. I have a standard hood and would prefer not to add metal halide or other specialized lights, if possible. Can anyone suggest any species of anemone that would work well (colorful would be nice, but not a dealbreaker)? Anything special I should know in terms of care and feeding? Any particular dangers to my current tank setup?
It sounds like your current set up would be fine to add an anemone to. Just be careful with your shrimp. My anemone actually seemed rather agressive towards it, but I was never sure. I had a peppermint shrimp. I have a 55 gallon sw tank, too. Here’s what I did:
I bought some live rock, some that was very porous from the local petstore. I also got an anemone. I dont remember the scientific name, but it is also known as a Hawaiin anemone. It ranges in size, with white tentacles with purple tips to them. It has attached itself to my live rock & is thriving.
As for the feeding, I alternate between flakes (which are readily consumed by your damsels) & shrimp brine (which your clown should gobble up). The anemone seems to “pick” the brine out of the water when it floats by. Make sure you have pretty good water flow if you get an anemoe. I added an extra valvue on my current filter to make the current a little stronger.
Good luck!
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