Yellow African Anemone??

I decided to finally buy my first Anemone. I went to the LFS and found a
bright yellow Anemone that looked awesome. After some debating I purchased
this one over several smaller long tentacle Anemones.

The other inhabitants in my tank are as follows... One single polyp (came
with LR), a cluster (?) of green mushroom corals, a peppermint shrimp, about
5 blue leg crabs (small) and a larger one that looks like the blue leg
crabs, but isn't (I don't remember what the name was), a firefish and a Tank
Raised Per. Clown fish.

The first mistake I made was not researching the Anemone I purchased ahead
of time. I have since read and believe that the real name of this is
Heteractis crispa. I also believe that this has been dyed!?!. I am so
disappointed. I have read that they will loose the color (which I hope it
does), but also that they usually die after the color begins to fade. Has
anyone else had any experience with these types of Anemones?

The second mistake I made was assuming that the clown fish I had would form
a relationship with it and "feed" it. I know the clown fish may just "hook
up" (for lack of a better term) with the Anemone, but from what I have read
I will still need to feed the Anemone. If anyone has any tips on this I
would appreciate hearing them.

Is it safe to assume that the Anemone will find it's own home and I don't
have to worry about it getting to close to the coral or somewhere else that
may not be the best place for it? I placed it on some of my of my live rock
(about halfway up in the 46 bowed front tank). It is in an area that gets
great circulation, however it is on a slight angle sloping down. Is this a
bad initial place to put him/her/it?

TIA

you guys/gals are great!!!!!!

I would recommend reading this:

"Host Sea Anemone Secrets" by Dr. Ron Shimek
Paperback: 24 pages
Publisher: Marc Weiss Companies, Inc. (April 18, 2001)
ISBN: 0966454952
$8.99 at www.amazon.com

It is very condensed, thin but informative.
You can read it during one evening and never
do another mistake with sea anemones... ;-)

"Pszemol" wrote in message
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I would recommend reading this:

"Host Sea Anemone Secrets" by Dr. Ron Shimek
Paperback: 24 pages
Publisher: Marc Weiss Companies, Inc. (April 18, 2001)
ISBN: 0966454952
$8.99 at www.amazon.com

It is very condensed, thin but informative.
You can read it during one evening and never
do another mistake with sea anemones... ;-)

Thanks,

I found it on eBay last night for 4.99 +2 s&h

I am sorry to say harsh words, but...

The biggest problem was YOU were not prepared for anemone purchase.
You knew NOTHING about animals and your TANK was dangerous for them.
/open filter intake, etc/

It is very easy to blame everyone else but yourself...
Reconsider and look what was the role YOU PLAYED in this misfortune.

BTW - canister filter in a reef tank???????? Another bad thing...

"Pszemol" wrote in message
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I am sorry to say harsh words, but...

The biggest problem was YOU were not prepared for anemone purchase.
You knew NOTHING about animals and your TANK was dangerous for them.
/open filter intake, etc/

It is very easy to blame everyone else but yourself...
Reconsider and look what was the role YOU PLAYED in this misfortune.

BTW - canister filter in a reef tank???????? Another bad thing...

I agree..



I know that the thing to have is a sump, but I cant afford it right now and
I don't really have a reef tank. a little mushroom coral, a feather duster
and a polyp that came with the LR.

"Pszemol" wrote in message
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I am sorry to say harsh words, but...

The biggest problem was YOU were not prepared for anemone purchase.
You knew NOTHING about animals and your TANK was dangerous for them.
/open filter intake, etc/

It is very easy to blame everyone else but yourself...
Reconsider and look what was the role YOU PLAYED in this misfortune.

BTW - canister filter in a reef tank???????? Another bad thing...

I have to comment on this one final time..

I did know some things about Anemones before I purchased one. I read
through the Reefcentral forum and other places too. I didn't however know
about the particular one I was buying. I know this is a big mistake. I
learned the hard way.

I told the lfs how my tank was set up and relying on them I was reassured
that my tank would be all right. I told them I had a canister filter.

I see it is easy to get some much advice, but often it is conflicting. I
was told by a gentleman that manages Petland that his 75 gallon had been up
for years and he only uses a fluval 404. He said he now (because of how
long it has been up) only changes his water every 2-3 months! I would never
do that, but it just shows that it is easy to get conflicting advice.

What you are saying is that I need to learn more about them, but how do you
do that? I listen to people at the fish stores, I read online and I do
purchase books (thanks for pointing that book out earlier. I'm looking
forward to it), although I never bought an Anemone specific book. It is
hard because I am not an expert and I rely on others help (the people at the
fish stores). I have read enough that I often find that a clerk knows less
than I do or they are giving inaccurate advice. I simply never ask them or
go to them again. I just have problems knowing when it is good advice or
not.

I still think the lfs I bought this anemone is partially at fault. I should
have been told it was dyed yellow. I know what you will say, "You should
have researched it first". I agree and from this point on I will research
the specifics more. I think my biggest problem was relying on store owners
(who apparently keep nice marine tanks themselves) for my knowledge.

Thanks for your advice.. If I liked it or not I won't forget it and I will
try to research more..

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"Pszemol" wrote in message
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I am sorry to say harsh words, but...

The biggest problem was YOU were not prepared for anemone purchase.
You knew NOTHING about animals and your TANK was dangerous for them.
/open filter intake, etc/

It is very easy to blame everyone else but yourself...
Reconsider and look what was the role YOU PLAYED in this misfortune.

BTW - canister filter in a reef tank???????? Another bad thing...

ok.. sorry to post again.

I have one final final question


I have my intake about halfway up my tank. How can I make it safer for
Anemones? If the Anemone was on the tanks bottom he couldn't reach the
intake. I am assuming that he floated off the live rock and fell into it!
Would a sponge surrounding the intake help?

thanks

"DeeOooGee" wrote in message news08Md.31322$ox3.22845@attbi_s04...
I have my intake about halfway up my tank. How can I make it safer for
Anemones? If the Anemone was on the tanks bottom he couldn't reach the
intake. I am assuming that he floated off the live rock and fell into
it! Would a sponge surrounding the intake help?

I have a big problem giving an advice how to secure intake of
the canister filter if I do not see the reason to have such filter...

My advice would be to list this canister filter on eBay :-)
For money you can get selling this thing buy some live rock.

This is the only way I can see to asure your next anemone
will not be caught in the canister filter intake.
Anemones wander around until they find the good spot for themselves.
This is very normal and you cannot prevent this by glueing them
to the rock... This is the nature of the beast!

Instead of giving you another lecture I can recomend more books :-)

"Sand Bed Secrets: The Common-Sense Way to Biological Filtration"
by Ron, Dr. Shimek
Paperback: 36 pages
Publisher: Marc Weiss Companies Inc (November, 2001)
ISBN: 0966454960
$8.99 at www.amazon.com

"Natural Reef Aquariums: Simplified Approaches to Creating Living Sal****er Microcosms"
by John Tullock
Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Microcosm Ltd (November 1, 1997)
ISBN: 1890087009
$23.07 at www.amazon.com

These books will explain how you can design a safe marine tank
for delicate animals with very efficient biological filtration
using very low cost solutions...

Good luck!

"Pszemol" wrote in message
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"DeeOooGee" wrote in message
news08Md.31322$ox3.22845@attbi_s04...
I have my intake about halfway up my tank. How can I make it safer for
Anemones? If the Anemone was on the tanks bottom he couldn't reach the
intake. I am assuming that he floated off the live rock and fell into
it! Would a sponge surrounding the intake help?

I have a big problem giving an advice how to secure intake of
the canister filter if I do not see the reason to have such filter...

My advice would be to list this canister filter on eBay :-)
For money you can get selling this thing buy some live rock.

would I really need more live rock? I have a 46 gallon with 45lbs of it
already.

thanks for the book ideas. I'll keep an eye peeled for them.

"DeeOooGee" wrote in message news:eb9Md.32372$yY6.27094@attbi_s02...
I have a big problem giving an advice how to secure intake of
the canister filter if I do not see the reason to have such filter...

My advice would be to list this canister filter on eBay :-)
For money you can get selling this thing buy some live rock.

would I really need more live rock? I have a 46 gallon with
45lbs of it already.

I do not know. Not every rock is created equal...
Some kinds are heavy some are more light.
Fish need some room to swim, but other than that - more is better :-)

thanks for the book ideas. I'll keep an eye peeled for them.

Just buy them 3 together and you will get free shipping from Amazon.
You will pay less than you probably payed for unfortunate anemone...

I would recomend reading them all before you buy anything more.