My pink/ orange (the ones that have loose wavy tentacles) wouldn't settle in the CC (my fault) and stung/ killed my other tubey and a waratah anemone.
The two i have now didn't like touching the first day, but they are cool with it now. I read that different species will fight, but if they come from the same location you should be fine.
While speaking about the two different types, does anyone have a scientific name for each? I wish their was an easy way to say which we are talking about.
I keep the flow pretty low so that their tentacle stay erect instead of flapping in the wind like a sheet. It's pretty neat watching each tentacle search for food.
Other tank inhabitants: GSP and Yellow polyps (thanks Jack). I still intend to get a shrimp/ goby pair, but I am waiting for the new sand bed to catch up before throwing in more bioload. I've been cleaning up diatoms and need add a few more snails.
Last edited by justahobby; Wed, 1st Sep 2010 at 02:13 PM.
Here are some pics I dug up today. I had the species like the first one you posted.
The pics dont really show the color well but you get the idea. They first started out right next to each other then I decided to put the purple one back in a shaded cave and traded the orange for a rbta. They make great additions to areas without much light. When I moved the purple one thats when I realized they grow really long tubes. I wonder if what the purpose of it is? Anchor or would it maybe try to move to the other ends if it wanted to?
This thread gave me the inspiration to get my purple tube anemone a buddy.
The purple one is a permanent resident since he's got quite a long tube firmly attached under my base rock. I've recently decided to make some changes to the tank and had to consider his presence first and foremost. So adding a second tube anemone, I decided to put him in a pipe to prevent it becoming permanent. Applied a little heat the pipe to bend it so the mouth would face up like I wanted it too, and slid the tube anemone in. Tube Anemone Pipe A 8-31-10.jpg
And... he promptly crawled out. I'd read about this pipe technique, but never heard of a tube anemone rejecting the new abode. I was worried it would stress and reject it's own little leathery tube, if that's even possible, like a feather duster. So I buried it in the sand and waited to see what would happen.
It seems to be doing well. The pink and the purple one touch tentacles all the time with no ill effects.
Looks great man. Great idea about getting one with an elbow. I had trouble getting one to take to a pvc too. They have their own minds made up unfortunately...
Interesting.. mine are out constantly. I feed tons, but there's lots of other stuff to eat it too. Do you think they're receding into the tube because they're not needing to feed? That just seems odd, for creatures that don't know when the next meal is coming you would think they would be more opportunistic. Is there anything else in the tank that could be have them spooked?
No spooking, my feeding directly correlates to them going into their burrow. Now, I feed directly once a week and let them catch cyclops daily. Updated shots of the tank:
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