tube anemone

[bernard]

Could anyone give me advice on caring for a tube anemone?Look's like a giant feather duster.thank you

 

[danmhippo]

Yes, indeed, Giant but exoctically colorful feather duster is exactly what I called them. I found them to be less demanding on water quality, and reproduces much more frequently then other anemones I've encountered with. I used to fed mine half a frozen cube when I am feeding other anemones. You'll have to drop the cubes directly onto their mouth. Their tentacles are not paticularly sticky thus are not a good idea to let their tentacles do frozen food catching tasks. I kept mine under MH, but I doubt they are photosynthetic. As their base are burried under sand and attached to base rocks, I wouldn't really know if they reproduce by splitting, budding, or sexually, but when I was moving my tank, I did found 7 tube anemones total from 3 I originally purchased. Several of them are firmly attached to rocks and I had to sell the entire base rock back to LFS fearing I would severly injur them by tearing them off from the rocks.

 

[Biogeek]

In addition to the info that danmhippo has already given you, there is a thread in which I give a detailed account of the biology of these animals (they are not really anemones) in the archives found here.

Rob

 

[bernard]

Danmhippo,Biogeek thank you

 

[Reef Fever]

Will they catch and eat my fish? I love the way they look.

 

[Anonymous]

i found the cerianthus anemone very easy to keep,though my impression is that they may try to 'snag' your fish, and are not clown compatible.very easy to feed- at the moment of contact-other long tentacles should immediately 'join' the initial contacting tentacle and help it to bring the food item(any chopped seafood, silversides, etc.) to the inner ring of shorter, 'mouth' tentacles.they do appreciate a deep substrate, though, to burrow their 'tube' into.don't think they're photosynthetic at all, and are found in relatively deeper silt substrate habitats.(kept 2 in a 14 gal-[10 gal. footprint, but taller] years ago, with a coral banded shrimp, as a 'night lite' by my bed- tank looked 'spacey cool'.the tentacles get quite long-can reach a foot when extended, so i wouldn't recommend placing 'em close to other anemones or corals(the fairly strong 'stickiness' of the tentacles when touched may indicate strong nematocysts).luck