My Anemone is on its way!!!!! Help me pick a Nem

[LuckySingh]

i cant wait to see my anemone........it is gne be so awsome......
my tank is about a 1 1/2 old fully matured and i hve been in hobby for about 3 years...never kept an anemone...
got an lps dominated tank mostly well well paid chalices and Acanshttp://www.reef2reef.com/forums/images/smilies/cutemoticons/cutemoticons/squigglemouth.png....and others...
This is for my 57 gallon ...i am aware of the how lethal the bta's could be and prepare to cut back on my sleep....http://www.reef2reef.com/forums/images/smilies/cutemoticons/cutemoticons/wink.pnghttp://www.reef2reef.com/forums/images/smilies/cutemoticons/cutemoticons/wink.pnghttp://www.reef2reef.com/forums/images/smilies/cutemoticons/cutemoticons/wink.png...
need sme expert advise how to acclimate and things need to keep in mind ...
thanks

[Europhyllia]

Bill Streep seems to have had great luck with his but I haven't seen him on here regularly anymore. Maybe PM him?

[LuckySingh]

well i know i hve to cover the my powerheads...all i got is a wave box besides return..pump in the wave box only slides out a little less than 1/4 of an inch through the box...dnt know how i am suppose to cover that...

[LuckySingh]

I am trying to upload sme pic...I know a lot of nem lover out here got sme crazy bta's ....Well help me to pick my nem...so which one should i get??:bigsmile::bigsmile:

[LuckySingh]

alright guys sme of these.........gve me ur thoughts

http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n556/lsingh1/0ed35a98-1.jpg

[LuckySingh]

http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n556/lsingh1/d861cc0b-1-1.jpg

[LuckySingh]

just teasing guys .....i need to get back to the topic to get acclimating tips....:bigsmile:

[Europhyllia]

i like the yellow tipped one!

[LuckySingh]

how about this its got yellow orange green with like red spots in it
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n556/lsingh1/2ac4cdfe-2.jpg

[Bill S]

Is yours wild caught, or a clone?

Clones are amazingly resilient. If it's being shipped, the best thing you can do is to get it in new water fairly quickly.

It will wander for a bit the first week or so - but once they find a place they like, they tend to stay there. Right now, my 2 are still wandering the tank, after a split a couple of weeks ago - they go thru that process after a split too.

They WILL find any power head, heater, drain, etc. So make sure you protect them from this. That's why my big tank had enclosed power heads.

Personally, I don't feed them directly - they appear to be primarily photosynthetic, and will snag whatever comes by.

[kkiel02]

Feeding also stresses them out and they tend to move. Try and put them in a spot where they get medium flow and high light if they reach out for them. Also make sure they can hide their foot fairly well. I haven't had any really wander with this placement. They will look bad the first day as they dispell all their old water but will start looking better soon after. As far as acclimating I don't really put too much into these as they keep the old water inside them for awhile so drip acclimation is kind of pointless. Still float the bag and get the temps the same. Like Bill said they are pretty hardy just watch your phosphates and nitrates although your corals will start getting affected before the nem. Hope that helps.

[LuckySingh]

alright little update on my nemo.......
i placed in a 1/2 wide whole...its been three weeks it hasnt moved from there yet....it expands during photoperiod and hides when light goes off.....
since its a small clone it doesnt fascinate me too much but it been coloring up day by day....i feed him twice a week with brine shrimps and hope it grow bigger soon:bigsmile:

[Big_Pun]

alright little update on my nemo.......
i placed in a 1/2 wide whole...its been three weeks it hasnt moved from there yet....it expands during photoperiod and hides when light goes off.....
since its a small clone it doesnt fascinate me too much but it been coloring up day by day....i feed him twice a week with brine shrimps and hope it grow bigger soon:bigsmile:
ive noticed too much food can bother them and make them poop a lot. all my nems have thrived without feeding, i believe Bill has the same idea on nems.

[zerreissen]

Same here, never feed mine, and they do just fine. My original nem gets the leftover food that my clowns don't get, but I never directly feed them.