Anemone in F/O tank?

[rainbowjiny]

Can I place a White Sebae Anemone in F/O tank? Can it survive?
I think it's really good to my clown fish.... but I don't know whether I can do it or not.. Thanx..

[tendar]

Unless you have the reef lighting to keep it alive then no. Clown fish do not need one to be happy.

[icemark]

Originally posted by tendar
Unless you have the reef lighting to keep it alive then no. Clown fish do not need one to be happy.

Actually the current train of thought is that regular twice daily light to med feeding and high current/water movement is more important than the tank lighting. The high lighting idea came from too many people are/were trying to keep them with low light and only weekly (or less) feeding. But they typically do not fare that much better with high to almost excessive light conditions and the same limited feeding.

With that said, it might be tough to feed in a FO as the fish may have a tendancy to steal the food meant for the Anemone.

So decent light (at least 2 watts gal/less than 18inch depth) should be fine with regular daily feedings of shrimp, silversides, and planktons.