Anemones

[Deanos]

Host Anemones - J. Wilkerson

Excerpts:

Before making an informed decision about buying an anemone, consider that anemones have natural life spans of SEVERAL HUNDRED YEARS IN THE OCEAN. In captivity anemones too often survive for only a few months; although there are exceptions.

45% of anemones kept by hobbyists with less than 2 years of marine aquarium keeping experience were dead after an average of 3 months.

Also it breaks my heart to think of some poor wild juvenile clownfish that will be eaten because its anemone died in my aquarium.


FIELD GUIDE TO ANEMONE FISHES AND THEIR HOST SEA ANEMONES

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[scarf_ace1981]

thanks for the material. nice find

 

[nycitaliano9]

This is good to know learned somthing new today

 

[tosiek]

Thanks Dean =0) was looking for something like that.

 

[RARECLOWNSNJ]

I will only buy clones

of an anemone in captivity. Most dont make it but mine is a year old and going strong.

 

[lfsmarineguy]

Anemones are actually the only animal on the planet with no predetermined cell destruction (basically, they don't age). They have the potential to live forever barring external interference. Cancer and other researchers have been playing with them for a long time.