Anenome for a 10 gal.

[HuBu]

i m looking for anenome for my 10 gal tank. i was told many things about certain anenomes i can and cant keep inside my 10 gal. i know that a carpet isnt for a 10 gal. i m looking for any anenome that has a bluish color to it and will host a clown fish. any suggestion and pictures?

 

[dvb]

I have seen a pretty good sized bubble tip anemone (E. Quadricolor) at the LFS that I go to. It is about 12" in diameter and takes up most of the tank. It has a tomato clown in it that they cal "Sid Vicious". The thing will try to bite your hand off if you put it in there.

A great book to read is "Clownfishes" by Joyce Wilkerson. Easy to find online. It has tons of info on clowns and the various anemone's

 

[trigger0214]

Try a long tentacle anenome, they are pretty hardy and most clown fish like them. They might transform to a new form and adapt to the lighting conditions in your tank when you get them, but I kept one in my 20 gallan reef the better part of a year before I transported it to my 125 gallon and tore down my 20 gallon..

 

[SPC]

Posted by Trigger:
They might transform to a new form and adapt to the lighting conditions in your tank when you get them,

-Uh, how is this possible?
Steve

 

[trigger0214]

-Uh, how is this possible?

I dunno, it seems mine did...the tentacles became much more narrow...I keep it dirrectly under a 96 watt 50/50 PC, all other water parameters check out. The corals and macro-alage in the tank are doing fine. I have heard stories of other peoples long tentacle and bubble tips going throught a sort of re-emersion. Disapperaing in the tank, and re-appearing...only slightly different. I dunno, maybe I have it all wrong.

Posted by Trigger:
I dunno, maybe I have it all wrong.

(I'll save ya the trouble :wink

 

[gcvt]

I have seen a pretty good sized bubble tip anemone (E. Quadricolor) at the LFS that I go to. It is about 12" in diameter and takes up most of the tank. It has a tomato clown in it that they cal "Sid Vicious". The thing will try to bite your hand off if you put it in there.

Upstairs at Nippon?

 

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't suggest any clownfish host anemones for a 10 gallon tank. They all grow too large to be housed in a small tank.

 

[dvb]

Yep, upstairs at Nippon! That fish will try to bite your finger if you even put it near the tank.