Anemone personality?

If they had animated the anemone that Nemo and his family were hosting, what do you think the character would have been like? Would it have been mean and verbally stinging or would it have been kind of bubbly and stupid?

On one hand they seem nice when a fish hosts them but on the other hand they sting and sometimes look menacing.

Just curious.

 

bubbly and stupid on nemo..

idk about the second part, i mean u gotta respect the specimen for what it is, they are very unique, and my friends cannot get over how cool they are..

i think nems get a bad reputation because people get them not knowing anything about them and then they kill it and wipes out there tank..ive had numerous nems and never lost one or even had a problem of it moving or killing anything, you just gotta give them what they need and they make a great inhabitant to your mini ocean

 

I've gotta ask, because I know very little myself. What do you mean by, they kill it and it wipes out their entire tank?
See, I'm thinking about getting an anenome, and don't want to wipe out my tank.
I know what an anenome needs for the most part. Pristine water, stable parameters, good lighting and to be fed.

 

first of all you need an established tank, at least 6 months..then you need to have prestine water conditions, no changes in it anywhere but just the usually degree of temp throughout the day and the ph naturally adjusting..next you need to have very strong lighting, most nems are found in the shallow waters so they naturally get huge amounts of lighting..and they really dong like alot of flow but they dont mind alot either..

well when a nem dies it releases toxins that if not recognized and removed and then had several water changes will pretty much crash a tank..as long as you do alot of research and have the right conditions for it to thrive then it will a part of the tank for a very long time and they grow very large somewhat quick if feed..they live literally for years and years and years..there is a guy in my reef club that has had a sabea for like 10+years, it was somewhat large when he got it..

Everything boils down to water stability, more people in this hobby should be doing everything they can to house perfect water as they do for trying to do other things to grow corals..knock on wood, but i have never had a problem with my tank, i never have to do anything to it but look at it, ive never lost a fish, nor a coral, or hermit, snail, or shrimp..my tank thrives and all i do is make sure my water is as stable as i possibly can, i check my sg everyday and top off with rodi everyday, thats it, maybe takes 5 minutes..

Basically if you ever see your nem deteriorating then you need to take it out asap, other than that under the right conditions they are no trouble, just make sure you get the right size nem for your tank, they can sting things, but they dont go around looking for things to sting..i have my nems around zoas, and mushrooms, and all kinds of other corals and never once worried about it stinging something or moving, just give the nem a little time to get set and then your good, if you have alot of corals maybe make a place in the tank just for the nem with nothing around it for a week or so..my nem took a half a day to get set in and has never and prolly will never move, he is about 8" from a 250 halide and just loven life..

 

Really depends on the size of tank and volume of water, as well type and age of chemical filtration (carbon) and mechanical filtration.

A large tank with adequate flow and quality carbon, efficient skimmer might be fine. The size of the anemone plays a huge part as well, also what caused it's demise. A large anemone that has just been feed will probably cause significant water quality issues.

 

That makes sense that it releases toxins when they die. Something I never knew. I guess what you're saying is that when they die, they should be removed immediately. I would think that running carbon in your tank is not a bad idea if you have an anenome, in the event it died and was not realized, the carbon would suck up some of the toxins.

 

absolutely, but usually people take them out kinda right before they are completely dead, in a way..Nems have been successfully brought back after poor husbandry, but most people are so scared of the harm they cause they just take them out as soon as they see something going wrong..and ur absolutely right about the carbon, i run carbon 24/7 because i have alot of warfare going down in my tank..carbon does a great thing of polishing the water and cleaning it..

this is why i was saying they get a bad rap..if you have the right conditions, lighting, and established tank then a nem is perfect for someone that wants to house them..they split under good conditions and you can take those nems and sell them to local reefers or to lfs to get credits..and the nem hosting a clown relationship is an awesome thing to watch, watching a clown feed a nem is one of the coolest things to watch happen in your room..

 

ARE YOU KIDDING?

Watch it dude. Watch it this weekend. It's great.