Ocellarus owners
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randy holmes-farley
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My clowns laid their eggs on a powerhead for a couple of years. I wonder if it is the heat that these generate that they like. Maybe it makes the eggs develop more rapidly. It's hard to understand, however, what natural behavior this might be related to.
My Ocellaris love the clump of purple and frilly mushrooms on one side of their tank. They didn't take to an anemone at all and before the mushrooms were introduced they slept and huddled near the sand in a rear corner of the tank. Now they wallow in the mushrooms.
Green mariner......
EXACTLY I see mine in my leather on occasion I am hoping that as it grows their attachment will become stronger Great Picture
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EXACTLY I see mine in my leather on occasion I am hoping that as it grows their attachment will become stronger Great Picture
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Mercedes Benz 600
I have kept my anenome for 18 months at this point I think if you provide proper care and accassional feedings they do fine. But they are a hard to keep species.
My false percs also prefer the powerheads to their anenome althoogh I sometimes see them in and around my leather coral.I am hoping that when this toadstool leather gets larger they may adopt him
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My false percs also prefer the powerheads to their anenome althoogh I sometimes see them in and around my leather coral.I am hoping that when this toadstool leather gets larger they may adopt him
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Ken,
Anenomes can live decades in the wild; some say a hundred years or more. Very limited data suggests most Anenomes introduced into a home aquarium don't last more than 6 months. This could be due to the large number of Anenomes bought by new aquarists for brand new tanks. Many experienced reefers have kept theirs successfully for many years.
Plese see Joaco's Anenome page:
http://www.wyx.com/iheo/tank/anemones.htm
Joyce Wilkerson makes similar observations in her book, Clownfishes and Their Host Anenomes, which I highly recommend for anyone keeping Clowns or/and Anenomes.
My Ocellaris pair have used everything from an oyster shell cluster (before any corals were in the tank) to Mushrooms and Frogspawn as hosts. Bottom line is that Clowns do not need an Anenome as a host in an aquarium and will do just fine without. For that, and the tank longevity issue, I do not recommend keeping Anenomes. They are better left in their natural environment.
Dick
Anenomes can live decades in the wild; some say a hundred years or more. Very limited data suggests most Anenomes introduced into a home aquarium don't last more than 6 months. This could be due to the large number of Anenomes bought by new aquarists for brand new tanks. Many experienced reefers have kept theirs successfully for many years.
Plese see Joaco's Anenome page:
http://www.wyx.com/iheo/tank/anemones.htm
Joyce Wilkerson makes similar observations in her book, Clownfishes and Their Host Anenomes, which I highly recommend for anyone keeping Clowns or/and Anenomes.
My Ocellaris pair have used everything from an oyster shell cluster (before any corals were in the tank) to Mushrooms and Frogspawn as hosts. Bottom line is that Clowns do not need an Anenome as a host in an aquarium and will do just fine without. For that, and the tank longevity issue, I do not recommend keeping Anenomes. They are better left in their natural environment.
Dick
Isn't that a pic of a true Perc? I thought only the Perc's have black outlines? I have one that looks exactly like that except it is more orange. I counted the dorsal spines and only counted 9 maybe 10 (he moved when I got to 9 but that was the last one I believe). I will count them again to be sure of what I have. I bought it as a tank raised true perc, but you can't always believe some lfs's.
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I bought it as an Ocellaris, but I guess it could be a true, never tried to count the dorsal spines, just won't hold still long enough.
The female goes between the toadstool and a green frogspawn, the male usually just hangs out in the frogspawn when he is not following the female around.
BTW I bought a purple condy in the hopes that they would take to that, but no luck yet. (I know that it is not really a host anemone)
KenPA, Mine don't fight at all.
The female goes between the toadstool and a green frogspawn, the male usually just hangs out in the frogspawn when he is not following the female around.
BTW I bought a purple condy in the hopes that they would take to that, but no luck yet. (I know that it is not really a host anemone)
KenPA, Mine don't fight at all.
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