orange ball anemone

[alita]

ive aquired quite a few of what i think are orange ball anemone (Pseudocorynactis caribbeorum) on some live rock and cant seem to find any information on how to keep them alive.. i know they can sting corals so they are set up right now in a 2 1/2 gallon with some live rock and feather dusters.. does anyone have any information concerning how to keep them happy? temp, salinity, etc.. i have been feeding them plankton and they seem to like that...

 

[Anonymous]

If that's what you have, temp 78F to 82F, requires very little light (reef tank lighting will probably be too bright), feed small pieces of fish flesh, shreds of shrimp, squid, eel. etc. Should only be housed by itself, no fish, no corals, no snails, shrimp, crabs, etc. as it will kill them on contact.
btw I'd like to see a picture.

mario

 

[alita]

they are pretty small right now.. fully extended about the size of a dime.. i am moving about 7 of them from my 20 gallon to the 2 1/2... the only things in there with them are some tiny red reef hermits and a couple of feather dusters... ill try to get ahold of a digital camera and get some pics... the light i have on them right now is a 7 watt power compact for betta bowls ..made by red sea i think.. if they arent orange ball anemones i dont know what they are.. they look more like strawberry anemone but the book that i found the picture in say that they cannot retract themselved and are a colonizing anemone... these seem to keep a distance from each other and close up when disturbed...

 

[Anonymous]

Probably not strawberry anemones. Those are temperate. These are a pretty common hitchhiker and if you feed them they will grow prolifically. The lighting is completely unnecessary for their growth so anything will work.

 

[Mihai]

Alita, is it the same creature as the one in this thread:
http://www.reefs.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=62901
?

If yes, I would not worry too much about stinging other creatures or about lights: I have it my display tank and they never bothered anybody.

It it true that there are no corals nearby and it does stay on a vertical wall that is shaded. I didn't feed mine in a year and probably that's why they didn't "grow prolifically".

M.