tube anenomes

leaffish75

leaffish75

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can some one either give me some care info on them or point me to a web site about them. i did a google search but didnt get much help.
 
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mikeguerrero

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I had a beautiful purple tube anenome, I use to feed it feeders, that was back in the late 80's. That is bad in reefing since goldfish come very sick and have diseases...

They make beautiful additions to large reef tanks, and they stay put in one place since they have a burrow that comes with them. Mine lost some of his mucous burrow, but added to it from my gravel...

Mike
 
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incysor

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No light requirements. They're not photosynthetic. Moderate to low flow. If it's too high they tend to stay buried. Mine have done fine at regular reef-tank temps, 75-80. You need to feed them meaty foods. Adding a bit of selcon to the food is pretty much good for any anemones. I just use a turkey baster to squirt them with bornemans mix, or a mix of cyclopeeze, mysis, brine, etc...
You can also feed silversides,chunks of fresh shrimp, scallops, etc... be careful with fozen seafood, most of it has preservatives added that are not healthy for fish/critters. They tend to stretch out more after the lights go off, and may be pulled back in the tube for long periods of time otherwise. The largest one I've got will stay pulled in for days at a time during the day, only coming out at night, then it'll stop and be out all the time for several days. They're one of my favorites to watch eat.

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incysor

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Yep. The sting is strong, and you don't want it being blown around to sting your corals or critters. The foot in the tube should be placed where the sandbed is at least a couple inches deep, preferably near the rockwork. The anemone will back it up under the rockwork and secure itself. I've never had one move around or detach itself when I've done this.

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mikeguerrero

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Bright light will intensify it's color... Mine was so beautiful in the rich purple color with the center looking like the center of a sunflower, very tightly packed tentacles.

I isolated mine away from everyone because it's sting is powerful; like I mentioned before I fed it live feeders a practice you don't do today..

As soon as the feeder would swim close to one tentacle it was over, the fish would be in agony you could clearly see that the sting was powerful; kids close your ears this wasn't a pretty sight...

But if I had one today, I would feed it meaty foods they love it... And yeah, they don't like heavy flow nor do they need the light for photosysnthesis....

Mike
 
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Chubosco

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Mine decided to move one night and ran into my hammer. My hammer had one of it's "hammer" arms on it and the anenome was totally deflated and dead. Yep, love throwing money away.
 
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