Tracy,
First, a word of advice on your tank. You may consider getting rid of your
coral beauty if you are going to introduce corals of any type to your tank.
They tend to pick on corals. Not all of them do, only some of them. Maybe,
at least watch him closely after you intro corals, and if you see him begin
to pick, at all, be prepared to put a trap in the tank and remove the coral
beauty right away.
As far as anemones go, they have an absolutely horrid survival rate in
captivity. The death rate of these animals is sickening, and they really
should not even be imported. Unfortunatly, they are, and they are cheap, and
often sold to un-aware beginning aquarists who take them home only to have
them die 3 months later. I have an article with some stats and info on them
that I will forward you offline (it is long). There are a couple types of
anemones that tend to fair better than others. The bubble tip is one, and
luckily, this is the type that I got. They have even been known to reproduce
in captivity, however, I would recommend you do a LOT of reading up on
anemones and keeping them before you purchase one. I have been in the hobby
for quite a while, and this is the first anemone I have owned, and still
wouldnt own one had it not hitch-hiked into my tank, which I guess is okay,
I just hope I can keep it alive.
Before you do much more with your tank, you need to decide what types of
corals you want to try and keep. If you just want some mushrooms and polyps,
those are "easy" and you wont have to do much. If you want LPS and leathers,
we need to talk lights and currents. SPS, a whole different ball game. Once
you decide, let us know, I am sure you will get one of us to give you some
thoughts!!!
Shane C.
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> Shane,
> I was just wondering what you meant by "I don't agree with keeping
> anemones". I am relatively new to the aquarium hobby (a year) and was
> wondering if there is something wrong with anemones.
>
> I have a 75 gallon tank with approx. 80 gallons of live rock and 2 inches
> live sand. I have some turbo snails and a sea cucumber, and I just
> purchased a percula clown and a coral beauty.
>
> I am interested in getting some corals (what kind I don't know yet) and
> some anemones (I thought the clown fish would like one). I haven't made
> any of these purchases yet b/c I want to make sure my water is perfect,
> and to tell you the truth, I'm a little scared to buy one. I'm afraid that
> b/c I'm not experienced I won't know how to properly care for the
> corals/anemones, so I am waiting. I am doing a lot of reading, research,
> and belonging to this list has given me a lot of insight. I am not looking
> to have a full-blown reef tank like most of you do (not yet, anyway). I
> want just a few corals/anemones and some more fish.
>
> Anyway, I was wondering what you meant about the anemones, and also if you
> have any insight on what would be some hardy corals for a beginner.
> Thanks,
> Tracy
> P.S.--Thank you to Shane, Marco, Andrew, Chris, and all of you for helping
> me understand a lot more about the hobby! This list has been very
> helpful!!!
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