rose anemone

[Don4921]

are they hard to maintain?

[Nic]

Care Level: Moderate Light: Moderate to HighWater Flow: Medium
Tank Conditions: 72-78°F; sg 1.023-1.025; pH 8.1-8. it all depends on your set up its a pretty hardy anemone from what i know i never got one it depends mainly on how much you know... what size is your tank,filtration,lighting need a lil more info and if you want i can give you advice on the best IMO filtration possible

[ogre929]

I used to propogate them actually. Pretty damn hardy if you ask me. here's some pictures. What's your tank setup like? lighting, skimming, water flow....
My big one grew so fast in front of my surge device. It loved the water flow. 4 gals of water rushed into my tank in a matter of seconds. And yes, the anemone is splitting. The main thing about them is that they need to find a happy spot. Once they find their happy place they won't move. The one that's splitting move a lot more than the big one.

[ogre929]

and the one in the lower picture was at least 14 inches across

[Don4921]

i have 210 gallon tank that is just getting setup and i have to buy all new skimmers lights ,etc... can you tell anemone needs so i can get the right stuff?

[ogre929]

wow that's a big ass reef tank! are you doing it just for the anemone? what other corals are you keeping with it? sps tanks need mucho more light than you can get away with soft corals. Also what type of sump are you running? how big is it? are you using an in tank overflow or a box overflow? How do you plan on getting water back into the tank? There's a lot that goes into a 210 reef setup. But here's my 2 cents....

Lighting, I like sps corals personally and so I go with more like 8 to 10 watts per gallon. how long is the tank? I would definately go with metal halide lighting! I used 400 watt iwasaki 20k bulbs on my tank and it had some pretty sweet color for greens and reds. a lot of people also use 10k's. 250 watt bulbs are good for tank depths of around 18 inches. Anything more than that go with 400 watt bulbs. Also, some actinic suppliment lighting from vho's would be good if you use 10k bulbs. 6700's are ok but I think they're too yellow. Also keep your bulb spacing to around every two feet.

As far as flow, as you saw in my setup, the rose definately enjoyed high water flow, but it also had times of no flow inbetween surges. I'd reccomend getting wavemakers. They're rotating powerheads that take water from your main pump and rotate it in the tank. creates a surging effect. Or if you want to get experimental do a surge device, but they cause a lot of salt buildup on the lighting. Don't bother using powerheads on a tank like that, they'll be useless. Use a large large pump like a dolphin or a mag drive. They push a lot of water and will be able to run your wavemakers and any other returns you have into the tank. Flow will be really important on a tank like that because if you don't have enough flow, deadspots will occur in the tank and that's where you get algae blooms and unhealthy corals.

As far as skimmers go, it's been a while since i shopped for a skimmer. Make sure you spend some good money on this to get a good quality skimmer.

I hope some of this helps.

[Don4921]

thanx for the tips! :clap this tank is lengh:6ft. Width:2ft. with a custom made stand. i plan to put brain coral and some others in it too. what kind of clown fish can go with the rose anemone?

[ogre929]

Just about any will take it as a home. My roommate at the time had his with fire clowns and I had a maroon. They all like anemone's, however which clowns "belong" to these anemone's in the wild is a different story.

In a tank that size you could get away with 2 400 watt MH bulbs, but I'd go with 3 personally, if it's not too deep you could go with 250 watts to save on some power if you're not going to keep sps corals.

[Don4921]

thanx for the tip again!

[Nic]

how deep is the tank?

[Don4921]

i think two and a half feet deep.

[ogre929]

If you want maximum lighting to get to the bottom of the tank... say if you wanted to keep trachyphilias or and sort of Tridacna clam then I would say go with the 400 watt MH bulbs. Crocea clams would have to be put higher up in the tank than on the bottom, but maximas would be alright on the bottom and any other clam would be fine on the bottom.

[Don4921]

kool :clap

[Don4921]

who sells them any one any certain brands that are good?

[ogre929]

honestly, get one that no longer shows its bubbles. If it still has its bubbles, that means its wild caught and most likely a lot less hardy than captive bred animals. I can't really reccomend any dealers for buying them. I got mine from a wholesaler in SF.

[Don4921]

what do you mean by bubbles?