clown fish and Galveston anenome? (1 Viewer)

[Guest]

I have a tank with fish and anenomes from around Galveston. I has been doing good for about a year now and I was thinking about buying something a little more colorful for it. I have a blue damsil now that is doing fine, but he was given to me. I didn't want to buy a fish that may end up dying. I am kinda new to all this, but not sure if the anenomes could hurt the clown, or if it was even a concern.

Any other fish suggestions would be appreciated. Cheap ones particularly.

Thanks again,

Chris

 

[Niko5]

If you get a tank raised clowns which most of them seem to be now he most likely wont even go near the anenome. As far as it eating a clown I dont know.

 

[Guest]

Depending on the size of your tank that blue damsel will be VERY territorial over any new fish you add.

 

[jamesw]

Yes, it will eat your clown. There are no host anemones from this part of the world as clownfish don't come from this ocean.

Cheers
James

 

[CBBSteve]

I have both...

a Percula Clown and anemone's I've gotten from the beach. The anemone's don't stay open very much, and the clown pretty much ignores them when they are open. So you may not have much of a problem. I removed my blue damsel (traded him in) to make room for the clown.

You and I are going the same route, I concentrated on local life for a number of years, then decided to upgrade to a more tropical aquarium for the visual appeal. There's a lot to learn.

 

[Guest]

Blue Devils are evil. They are the spawn of Satan.

 

[incysor]

Blue Devils are evil. The are the spawn of Satan.

C'mon Kim, don't be shy. Tell us how you really feel.


The anemone probably won't be a problem with the clown. The damsel is likely to push it around a bit. If you can find a clown as big or bigger than your damsel you'll have less of a problem in this area probably. As Eric already stated, the anemones you get here are not host anemones. In my experience they're very tough little buggers, and will eat small fish if they blunder into them. Although it's not a very likely occurance with the fish you've mentioned.

 

[CBBSteve]

I wonder about the local anemone's. I've got 3 now and the only time they open up is when I stir up the substrate. Seems like the "particulate storm" stimulates them, otherwise they just stay closed up. Does anyone know how to keep them open?

Thanks...
Steve

 

[Guest]

I would think daily feeding or target feeding. When I had some in my tank about 10 years ago, I would feed them pieces of cod.

 

[BrianPlankis]

You could try dumping in a bunch of fine clay with high oil and various toxic chemical compounds so the water will match their natural environment more closely. Then they'll probably open up

Seriously though, what lights do you have on the tank? These anenomes aren't used to high light input from their environment.

 

[Guest]

I have to agree with Kim... Blue Damsels are horrible devils that deserve to die... well not die, but at least do not deserve to be in my tank... i speak from experience, because i got rid of mine not to long ago and my tank is now doing better because of it...

 

[Guest]

I've got alot of Galveston anenomes in my tank and they stay open all of the time. They range from blueish, redish to white. I try to bring them a few extra minnows from fishing trips, but they seem to be doing fine without them. They'll even eat flake fish food and little shrimp pellets. I just have two regular 24 inch flourescent lights on my tank. One is the blue marine glo, and the other is a regular colored aquari-lux.

I haven't been to the beach fishing on account of the temperature lately, so I am low on fish because alot died from ick, but that cleared up with some droplets. I hated that because it killed my 6 inch remora from a shark I caught, and a small trigger fish I netted about 15 miles offshore at on oil rig.The aneomes are doing great, and there are alot of them because I snagged a peice of duct tape last time with about 10 anenomes on it.

About how much will a clown fish cost? Any other suggestions of fairly cheap fish to try out?

 

[CBBSteve]

Hey, Garagebrian, you might be right about the lighting, I've got 135 watts pc (Aqualight 30"). Now that I think about it, when I just had a single NO fluorescent, they did seem to stay open a lot.

Maxpower, I paid $16 at City Pets.

Steve

 

[Guest]

The are probably used all the light being filtered out due to the water being so silty