Maroon clownfish anemone, should I or no ?

I have been thinking of getting a rose bubble tip anemone for my 90g reef. When I first started with the hobby I had a few long tanicles and they died and I remember how pain in the ... it was. But my reef is stable now and my corals are thriving. So should I go for it or no? Any tips for bubble tip; maybe I should consider another anemone for a maroon clown ?

 

I have had that same combination a couple times. I literally could not get my wild caught maroon out of the anemone...many days it looked awful beat up. I personally haven;t had luck with clowns pairing with the long tentacles only bubbles. I will/would recommend spot feeding your bubble occasionally 1 a week or so. water chemistry seems to be very important with health of anemones

 

you already have a maroon ?

 

Yes

What do you feed yours with ?

 

I am a guidance counselor so I just went down to my science teachers room and begged for some pippetes they had a bunch of disposable ones of all sizes......so I feed them frozen, I have actually fed my nems 1/2 frozen silversides too with great success

 

Oh ok, thanks for the advice.

Must be an exciting job I worked at a Juvenile Detention Center for 3 years, I liked dealing with troubled kids; fights and take-downs were fun as well

 

The silversides need to be thawed out, many times the nem can't digest it frozen and will spit it back out and foul the tank if you dont have a good CUC.
Make sure you have sufficient light or they will sometimes expell all the zoolanth algae and then die as well.
The clown will many times take food and feed the nem before getting more for themselves, this is a natural behavior pattern from the wild and will lessen the need for you to target feed the nem.

good luck

 

Will 450w T5 HO 48" w/8 bulbs be enough ?

Bubble tip or long tanticles ? Which one do you guys think is better and moves less and easier to care for ?

 

Whatever you get, keep in mind that maroons wear out anemones in a very bad way, they are extremely hard on them. The anemone has to be at least twice the body length of the fish to have a chance at surviving.
Anemones will move whenever they want. If they don't like where they are at, they will move. If it needs more current and/or lighting, they will move until they are happy. Unfortunately, there are no real "easy" host anemones to keep.

 

Your lighting and tank sound good to go for a nem. Just remember that if it starts moving it can reek havoc on your corals. So you need to make sure your willing to take the risk.