ANEMONES IN THE REEF TANK | Selecting, Keeping, Care, and Hosting
Keeping anemones in the reef tank | Selecting, Keeping, and Hosting
This video is for those Beginner and Intermediate Reef Keepers
Selecting and keeping an anemone can be hard if you don't know which direction to go, and if you aren't sure if you can keep one healthy or care for it properly, it gets even more difficult. This video gives you tips on choosing the right anemone for your reef tank, and details how to care for it, and keep them alive and thriving. additionally in "Keeping anemones in the reef tank | Selecting, Keeping, and Hosting" I also discuss hosting for clownfish and what to expect. there are dangers with keeping anemones in a reef tank, that you may want to be aware of and this video shares those dangers as well..
Ive had anemones for about 7 years and have mainly kept and cared for the rose bubble tip anemones and the Sebae anemones. I love the way they move in the tank and provide a real pop of color!
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I have an anemone aquarium. Three years ago I put in a rose bubbletip, a rainbow bubbletip, a Haddoni and a Magnifica. Now I have twelve anemones, and my pair of tomato clowns bicker over which anemone to host, because my male sleeps in the rainbow bubbletip and the female sleeps in the rose bubbletip, but during the day they share the Magnifica. I'd recommend that you either have an anemone tank or a reef tank, and I'd go for the anemone tank every time.
@poobalank6502
2 жыл бұрын
Hi , i am a beginner hobbiest, i have start with carpet anemone. planning to buy tentacle anemone. Wish to know the water changing , and feeding intervals pls let me know
Thanks for sharing your information.
Wow, That's very helpful advise. Thanks buddy!👌🏻
Great info!
Im new here, getting ready to start a tank. Loving your content on here, thanks for all the tips!!!
@RealReefingTV
3 жыл бұрын
That's awesome! Good luck with your tank!
Thanks nice to know👍🏻
you sir got a new sub! great info brotha
@RealReefingTV
5 жыл бұрын
Welcome to the RealReefingFam!
Great video,keep it up!🐋
I have a fluval sea nano light, do you think that will be appropriate for bubble tip anemones?
“they are fish being fishy” that’s one way to put it. 😂😂
Always love your videos, great info and keep up the good work! I would like to add something about “hosting” if I could. It’s a little technical but we reefers use that term a lot. As a matter of fact nor the anemone host the clown neither the opposite. They have a mutual symbiosis (both benefit). “Hosting” in biology is a term reserved to parasitic symbiotic relations, and that’s not the case...
@RealReefingTV
5 жыл бұрын
Oohhhhhh..... Reef and Dive droppin some science on us!! Thanks 😁
@megalodonm
4 жыл бұрын
Always thought of the "hosting" term as a way someone would host a guest in their house so the anemone hosts the clowns hehe. I do realize now though that it does sound all wrong if taken in the biological sense.
Nice tank! I just added a rose bubble tip to my tank. Thanks for posting. What reef lights do you use?
@RealReefingTV
3 жыл бұрын
I use Philips CoralCare Gen2 reef lights
They move. They split. The end.
Sir I m going star new tank give me good tips for more setup anemone corals
do you turn light off at night, like i know you have to do for fish
Can we keep fire goby fish, wrasse fish and anamone in same tank? Or only clown fishes are compatible with anamone? Will anamone will kill other small fishes in the tank?
Just subscribed👍
i bought a rainbow bta and when i got it, it’s foot was attached to the plate of a frag plug. i placed it right on a slanted rock and has many holes for its foot. i left it overnight with no flow and a week later, it’s close to the same spot i placed it except it walked off of the plate and put its foot into a hole less then an inch away. i guess it was the 1 out of 10% 😂
Always wanting a small reef aquarium, but unable to drive in from fresh to salt water aquarium
Do a video about pairing clowns please! Btw: love your content
@RealReefingTV
5 жыл бұрын
Like getting them to pair up and mate?
@dayanrodz
5 жыл бұрын
Yes, what types of clowns can be together and that sort of stuff!
@RealReefingTV
5 жыл бұрын
Good idea!
@dayanrodz
5 жыл бұрын
It is, you metioned in the video that people buy anemones and clowns with hopes that they will host, often people also buy clowns that are not mates and end up having issues because they dont know how it works. Happened to me, I wish I knew. Please orientate us better, so that it doesnt happen to people that are unaware.
@RealReefingTV
5 жыл бұрын
That sounds like a good blog post for the website!
Actually if you have a nice 3d printed cover for the power head then your good it protects the anemone and only cost 50usd
Could you please provide the correct spectrum LED adjustment for keeping anemone healthy and happy, If you're using LED. I'm looking for percentage of Blue, White, Red, Green, Purple and how many hours a day. Thanks
@karinarroyo
Жыл бұрын
Same for a biocube stock . Daylight, sunrise/sunset and blue light
Is that your main DT? How many gallons. Love Nems and the clown fish and anemone crabs that host in them. Wish we could figure out how to get the nems to keep their bubbles. Great content.
@RealReefingTV
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah I don't know of anyone that has any actual science on that... One of the world's mysteries lol. And thanks! Thanks for being a part of the RealReefingFam!
@RealReefingTV
5 жыл бұрын
Yes it's my main display. It's the marineland 300 gallon deep dimension tank
Nice video dad! Remember me when your famous
@RealReefingTV
5 жыл бұрын
😆 you kill me 😂
I personally, and this is my opinion and advise to new comers in the hobby, carpet anemone’s are far easier to keep than bubble tips, riteeri or alike, they create problems, move around and don’t introduce well to an aquarium without constant intervention and treating with antibiotics, my ratio of carpet anemones doing well versus any other type is way way higher
What about rock flower anemones
Anemones r hard to keep, but I love it 🤓
When acclimating, don't you want your salinity to be the same as the water it came in? I've recently purchased fish from Petco whose salinity was 1.030... and I was shocked, so I had to drip for a LONG time since my salinity was 1.025.
@swoshnoah2244
4 жыл бұрын
Dylan Gamache I’m amazed a nem 1. Survived petco and 2. Survived that high salinity
Hi I really need help I got a Waterbox cube 10 pretty similar to your IM nuvo 10 and I set it up yesterday and all of a sudden it was making like a gargling noise of water or bubbles. What do I do. Thanks :)
@RealReefingTV
5 жыл бұрын
Sounds like your return pump is sucking air. Make sure it's got enough water in it. If that's not it then youll have to go to my Facebook page and or Instagram page and msg me so you can send pictures
do you have to wear gloves when handling them (putting them in the tank)?
@TheWhatify
3 жыл бұрын
Its good if you do, our hands have oils and bacteria that could harm them in the long run. not to mention, some anemones stings hurt like a mfer.
How often do you feed your Sebae if it’s hosting a clown. Mine hosts but recently has shrunk and has an open mouth . No water issues or lighting changes. I don’t know if it maybe overfeeding ?
@RealReefingTV
4 жыл бұрын
There really is no need to feed your nem. However if you are feeding it and it is being offered too much food it will reject your offering. It may just be your clowns making themselves at home that has your nem that way
@markgarcia6477
4 жыл бұрын
Ok thanks, I’m probably mothering it too much now it’s hosting 😊
Do you feed them everyday; good info
@RealReefingTV
5 жыл бұрын
I don't normally feed them manually. They catch food when I feed and use the light. But you can feed directly and speed up growth
@bubblebaath7840
3 жыл бұрын
I'm a year late but i fed mine a 5th of a shrimp every 3-4 days until i sold it
Best prices, Orlando area, set up 38 gal reef tank from start and your videos are great THX
@RealReefingTV
5 жыл бұрын
I'm glad the videos are helpful! Thanks for being a part of the RealReefingFam!
@qwlnskay
11 ай бұрын
how’s that tank going? in the same area just curious
Hey man, i need help and havent seen videos regarding sumps with skimmers versus hang on skimmers with no sump for a reef aquarium. Im currently deciding what to do and could really use help.
@RealReefingTV
5 жыл бұрын
you will find some will say you NEED a sump and some will say you don't. I don't think you need one. I think it makes things easier and cleaner looking. hang on the back options certainly reduce costs and simplifies things. truth is, you can have a successful reef either way so its up to you. to sump or not to sump lol
@giancarlocolberg3552
5 жыл бұрын
RealReefingTV lol that IS the question. We’ll see the Aquamaxx 1.5 looks pretty cool and easy to use. Btw awesome vid on anemones. Hemos alot with my other existential questions 😂😬 Thanks brah! I’ll let you know what I end up doing.
@RealReefingTV
5 жыл бұрын
@@giancarlocolberg3552 yeah no doubt I would just look at what your budget and time allows. What tank are you rocking right now?
@giancarlocolberg3552
5 жыл бұрын
RealReefingTV I have a 40 gal. breeder. I’d post a pic but i think it wont let me hah. Budget allows for any investment but i dont have a huge tank and the aquamaxx looks cool. I dunno dude. 😂🤷♂️
Thank God someone can spell the name correctly!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳
What I've discovered with keeping nems, is you may place them. But they will decide where they're going and when.
@RealReefingTV
5 жыл бұрын
bahahahah!! EXACTLY! What kinds have you had?
@joeymerrell8585
5 жыл бұрын
@@RealReefingTV I've only had bubbletips.
@RealReefingTV
5 жыл бұрын
Do yours stay bubbly? Or no?
@joeymerrell8585
5 жыл бұрын
@@RealReefingTV yes, never had an issue with them flattening out and losing the bubbletip.
@JohnnyV174
5 жыл бұрын
Mine have stayed mostly where I put them. My bubbletips stayed as long as I put them in a deep crack where my rocks meet. My rock flowers just act like a mushroom and stay wherever lol.
Try to put pictures in when you are talking about obscure things
@RealReefingTV
4 жыл бұрын
I'm showing for footage of what I'm talking about in my newer videos, give those a watch and let me know what you think! 😁
I'm starting to think i wish i had a dedicated anemone tank for my FFBTA, Mine keep spliting, Think i started with one have total of 10, there easy to keep and never feed them
How often do you feed your anemone..... Also can you keep different kinds of anemones in one tank
@RealReefingTV
5 жыл бұрын
I typically don't feed them anymore.. yes you absolutely can keep different anemones in one tank. Right now I have a sebae and 2 rose bubble tips in the 300.
@llomax1067
5 жыл бұрын
@@RealReefingTV is that a myth about chemical warfare with keeping different types in one tank?
@RealReefingTV
5 жыл бұрын
I suppose it's not impossible, but I haven't had any issues and these two have been right next to each other of over a year now
Which anemone are safest for non clownfish that clownfish are happy to host?
@porbaron5485
7 ай бұрын
Bubble tip anemone
No Ritteri anemone?
i lost two. a tube anemone moved and got sucked up in the power head and got shredded.
@RealReefingTV
5 жыл бұрын
Ouch 😖
Rock flower anemone?
@DeMishMIsh
5 жыл бұрын
Well rockflowers don't really "function" like the rest of the anemones. they are tiny,host nothing and dont really move, they are more of a stingy mushroom coral then an anemone :P
My bubble tip has shriveled up for a few weeks now could any body tell me what I should look for and why it's shrivelled up
@i_cant_think8947
3 жыл бұрын
Normally that’s low lighting but also make sure it’s mouth isn’t gaping
@i_cant_think8947
3 жыл бұрын
They may also be getting ready to move around the tank for flow or light
@barrysmith7409
3 жыл бұрын
@@i_cant_think8947 thanks but so small can't see it's mouth so do you think I should put my light stronger
@barrysmith7409
3 жыл бұрын
@@i_cant_think8947 is there any way I could send you a picture of my Ai prime light settings
@i_cant_think8947
3 жыл бұрын
Barry Smith yeah, and maybe strengthen the flow
how much flow is to much flow
Tomato clowns I’ve had high success with hosting
xD $90 for an rbta I wish they were that cheap here
Are you also on Instagram?????
Long tentacle love??????
Your video should have started at 1:47
Volume to low...
Skip to 2 min
Feeding dead fish to anemone isn’t all that bad of an idea to be completely honest..
You look cute
i dont know if its only me, but it sounds awfully down...
@RealReefingTV
5 жыл бұрын
if you're talking about the audio quality it's bad my recorder stopped recording and then didn't actually save the audio file so I had to go off at the main camera microphone which is not good.
Adjust your voice audio levels they are to low had to put volume all the way up.
@RealReefingTV
5 жыл бұрын
yeah sorry about that my audio recorder failed on me during the filming of this so I had to use the microphone for my camera which is awful. Thanks for taking time to let me know though
The camera is way too close to your face
No way, it's a predator it will just eat your fish pet.
Stop shouting at the camera .. I’m not deaf
I do not see anything helpful in this video... Nothing really about the flow, light intensity, water conditions, water parameter stability, temps...
hate videos where i have to look at someone's face. instead showing the topic and demonstrating.. lame
@thorbradshaw2637
2 жыл бұрын
grow up and thank him for his vid and info like a adult