condylactis anemone

[Eduardo Cavalcanti]

i´ve recently bought a condylactis anemone and i would like to know if it accepts tomato clowns and if they live well in tanks without MH. does anyone else have this anemone that could tlak more about it?

 

[KanUCme]

No, they are not anenomefish hosting anenomes. No you don't need Metal Halide.

 

[Rich-n-poor]

I have kept them under both PC's and regular flourescent.

No they aren't listed as host but I Have had both clarki's and tomatoes host in them It is possible they may

be sure you feed it please.

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[passthesalt]

I have a brown condy and a purple tipped one. My Maroon Clown takes turns in each. He eats what he wants and then feeds all the condys. Pretty cool stuff!

 

[Eduardo Cavalcanti]

Does anybody here have a Stychodactyla haddoni? Does it accept the tomato clown? I´ve read an Ron Shimek´s article and he has one for several years in his tank.

 

[Anonymous]

The Anemone-Hogs i.e. Clarkii Complex and Tomato Complex will readily adapt to Condy's. However since Condys are caribbean and Clowns are from the indo-pacific (C-Quest Puerto Rican clowns don't count!) the Condy isn't obviously a natural host.

Does that matter? I think ummmmmm.....no.

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[Anonymous]

S. haddoni has a very POOR track record in captivity. A few years ago Joyce Wilkerson did a survey of advanced aquarists and less than 80% could keep one longer than 1 year. I personally think this is less the skill of the aquarist as the luck. Estimates are that maybe 1 in 30 or 40 survive collection and shipping and adapt to life in aquaria. These ones prove to be relatively hardy and may last along time if they are provided a high quality stable environment with plenty of light and food. However keep in mind that keeping one in captivity for a couple years is not exactly a success since these animals are basically immortal in the wild and some of been determined to be 150 years old.

I personally no longer bring in wild specimens, however I do occasionally buy from customers who are breaking down their tanks etc.

 

[KanUCme]

Never have I had a clown attach itself to a condylactus. A LTA, BTA, or a Bulb anenome, YES! My clown was more attached to the hair algae on one of my rocks then the condylactus. IME Tomato Clowns love Bulb anenomes!

 

[thepup88]

I have had clarki clowns as well as domino damsels use Condy's

 

[neurotech]

My current false (ocellaris) percula clowns are tottaly attached to my condy. BTW, the condy was getting weaker until I got the metal halide, but I was using just 30 watts of NO then. 250 now, plus NO actinic. See pics of the clowns in the condy (its gotten huge) at:
http://community.webshots.com/album/31774232bbahHFVTVc