What do you do to keep your anenomes healthy??

[mrmarine]

Hey i was just wondering what everyone did to keep their anenomes healthy and happy??

Mr. Marine

[got bait?]

what lighting do you have? This is the biggest issue with anemones is the lack of lighting.

[mrmarine]

when i bought my lights my lfs layed them out from strongest to weakest (all pc's) and i chose the stronngest pcs

Mr. Marine

[WarOrks15]

how about the wattage and the type of light any 03 or is it all just white bulbs. or are they 50/50?

[Anemoneman]

when i bought my lights my lfs layed them out from strongest to weakest

ouch. I can't imagine buying lighting from the LFS. With the huge markup those crooks charge I'd be broke.
Sounds convenient though. If you've got the discretionaryincome, more power!

[MT79]

1) (and MOST importantly) have a mature tank atleast 9 months old 2)ample lighting

[Atlarge]

I like the way my friend put it.

Pray.

[MadManMac]

Leave them in the ocean where the live hundreds of years, but I like Pray too.

[Atlarge]

MadManMac: Anemones live that long? If you're thinking of corals the actual polyps only live to be a couple of years.

[Hypostomus]

Yes. Anemones live for centuries in the wild.

[Anemoneman]

Leave them in the ocean where the live hundreds of years,

Anemones live for centuries in the wild.

Excellent reasons for not buying them. I like to think if we stopped buying wild caught anemones (most of them) they would stop collecting them. Wishful thinking.

I suggest metal halides if your going to try anemones. Even then they don't live more than a few years. There are exceptions though.

[Doan]

Yeah it really depends on what you kind of anonome you have. But for the most part lighting is key just like everyone said and about once a week I give mine a little krill.. like a piece about 1 inch long as well as around wed I do live brine feeding and he seems to really enjoy those as well so I fire a little squirt of the turkey baster I feed them with his way. I have a green carpet.. s. haddoni and my prayers have been answered so far *knock* Knock *

Doan