Tube anemone experience

karun · 09-04-2001, 03:20 AM

I saw some really nice looking tube anemones in the LFS today. From what I have read they are easy to keep but may eat small clowns and hurt dwarf angels.

Anyone have any experience with them?

Karun

ranaman · 09-04-2001, 10:30 PM

IMO they are best kept in a species tank. They have a big sweep with their tentacles and keeping them with fish might be risky. They are very hardy animals, they do not require light like host anemones. There are some at the Naples Aquarium(Italy) that have been kept over a 100 years. They have a very elegant way of feeding. A bit of food stung by the long feeder tentacles is rapidally drawn in and wiped across the shorter tentacles around the mouth. The long feeder tentacle is the extended again.

sher · 09-05-2001, 06:12 PM

i'm with ranaman for the most part. they(one with 4 heads (2 purple and 2 peace/orange)) and have not eaten any of my fishies, small big u name it. i have a Golden dwarf angel in there also and hes doing great.

karun · 09-07-2001, 05:24 AM

Ranaman, Sher,
Thanks for the advice. I think I will skip the tube anemones for now. Maybe later it I can set up a species tank.

Karun

killian · 09-07-2001, 10:29 PM

I just bought a tube anemone today at the lfs. It's color is a combination orange/pink. Very pretty. We have a few small watchman gobies in our tank but they stay pretty much under their favorite rock. Also have a golden-tail pgymy (sp) angel. I certainly hope the anemone is not going to make a meal of them. Recently had to take a coral-banded shrimp back for that very reason.

organicreefer · 09-09-2001, 12:13 PM

imo tube anemones should not be kept with fish,they can snare them at night..now fish arent stupid,and most learn to avoid them.....but its like having a booby trap in youre bedroom,even though you know its there you might stumble into it one night half-asleep

why do you want a booby trap in youre fishes bedroom?

chromis · 09-09-2001, 12:27 PM

all anemones are quite capable of snaring fish and eating them, should we not keep fish with our bubbletip anemones because they are "booby traps"? I dont see why tube anemones are different. The only reason I would not get one is becasue of their sweepers...

Andrew

organicreefer · 09-09-2001, 12:40 PM

chromis,you cant make a blanket statement on the ability of anemones to catch fish.......tube anemones are very "predatory" and very actively grab things...this along with their long tentacles make them a MUCH greater risk than say a bubble tip.............

09-04-2001, 03:20 AM	#1
karun Citizen Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Bombay, India Posts: 126	Tube anemone experience I saw some really nice looking tube anemones in the LFS today. From what I have read they are easy to keep but may eat small clowns and hurt dwarf angels. Anyone have any experience with them? Karun

09-04-2001, 10:30 PM	#2
ranaman Council Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Imperial Polk County, Fl Posts: 432	IMO they are best kept in a species tank. They have a big sweep with their tentacles and keeping them with fish might be risky. They are very hardy animals, they do not require light like host anemones. There are some at the Naples Aquarium(Italy) that have been kept over a 100 years. They have a very elegant way of feeding. A bit of food stung by the long feeder tentacles is rapidally drawn in and wiped across the shorter tentacles around the mouth. The long feeder tentacle is the extended again. __________________ "The octopus notices the little cowries."

09-05-2001, 06:12 PM	#3
sher Citizen Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: st. paul,mn Posts: 108	i'm with ranaman for the most part. they(one with 4 heads (2 purple and 2 peace/orange)) and have not eaten any of my fishies, small big u name it. i have a Golden dwarf angel in there also and hes doing great. __________________ i hate this kind of drug.

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09-07-2001, 05:24 AM	#4
karun Citizen Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Bombay, India Posts: 126	Ranaman, Sher, Thanks for the advice. I think I will skip the tube anemones for now. Maybe later it I can set up a species tank. Karun

09-07-2001, 10:29 PM	#5
killian Citizen Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: M'ville Georgia Posts: 144	I just bought a tube anemone today at the lfs. It's color is a combination orange/pink. Very pretty. We have a few small watchman gobies in our tank but they stay pretty much under their favorite rock. Also have a golden-tail pgymy (sp) angel. I certainly hope the anemone is not going to make a meal of them. Recently had to take a coral-banded shrimp back for that very reason.

09-09-2001, 12:13 PM	#6
organicreefer Governor Join Date: May 2001 Location: Northern CA Posts: 2,171	imo tube anemones should not be kept with fish,they can snare them at night..now fish arent stupid,and most learn to avoid them.....but its like having a booby trap in youre bedroom,even though you know its there you might stumble into it one night half-asleep why do you want a booby trap in youre fishes bedroom?

09-09-2001, 12:27 PM	#7
chromis Mayor Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Lynchburg, Virginia Posts: 518	all anemones are quite capable of snaring fish and eating them, should we not keep fish with our bubbletip anemones because they are "booby traps"? I dont see why tube anemones are different. The only reason I would not get one is becasue of their sweepers... Andrew

09-09-2001, 12:40 PM	#8
organicreefer Governor Join Date: May 2001 Location: Northern CA Posts: 2,171	chromis,you cant make a blanket statement on the ability of anemones to catch fish.......tube anemones are very "predatory" and very actively grab things...this along with their long tentacles make them a MUCH greater risk than say a bubble tip.............

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