I would love for someone to show me a post where an anemone is hard to keep after following these simple rules:
1. Proper lighting
2. Proper circluation
3. proper water conditions
Its not too hard to get the right lighting for them.
BUt of all the posts I have read where an anemone died, at least HALF of them will show proof positive of insufficient lighting using low powered flourescence.
The other half will be due to exposed powerheads or poor water conditions.
And I have yet to read one post where a VERY EASY remedy to keeping a healthy anemone isnt possible.
WHat I am getting at here is 99.9 percent of anemone deaths could have been very easily avoided with 10-15 minutes worth of reading and research.
It doesnt take an "expert" to change out his low powered flo lights to proper VHO or MH lights.
It doesnt take an "expert" to properly cover up a powerhead with a screen or similiar device to protect an anemone.
It doesnt take an expert to even add a powerhead or 2, feed a bit more, bit less, or get an anemone its needs met.
Nor is it "luck" that I have over a dozen show and grow out tanks for 5 species of anemones which thrive in their respective environments. It wasnt too hard for me or be hard for anyone else to do a bit of research to meet its needs and start out with an anemone.
There are also a few folks on this board who would be considered "beginners" that also have anemones and have had excellent results with anemones.
If someone wants to really prove otherwise that anemones are hard to keep, then please post MULTIPLE LINKS where failure occured in which there wasnt an EASY OBVIOUS SOLUTION IN WHICH THE PROBLEM COULD HAVE BEEN CORRECTED.
Ming:
I never made that staement. I stated that anemones are EASIER TO KEEP THAN MOST CORALS. Yes I am sure there are a few exceptions, but the fact is that most host clownfish anemones are on the easy side of the reefkeeping scale. For every coral you can claim with proof that is easier to keep than an anemone, I can easily give a list of dozens that are not. As for responsibility goes, I will readily give advise to a "beginner" to allow them to try an anemone. And I can garentee a very high sucess rate, as high as any coral when given the proper knowledge and equipment.
1. Proper lighting
2. Proper circluation
3. proper water conditions
Its not too hard to get the right lighting for them.
BUt of all the posts I have read where an anemone died, at least HALF of them will show proof positive of insufficient lighting using low powered flourescence.
The other half will be due to exposed powerheads or poor water conditions.
And I have yet to read one post where a VERY EASY remedy to keeping a healthy anemone isnt possible.
WHat I am getting at here is 99.9 percent of anemone deaths could have been very easily avoided with 10-15 minutes worth of reading and research.
It doesnt take an "expert" to change out his low powered flo lights to proper VHO or MH lights.
It doesnt take an "expert" to properly cover up a powerhead with a screen or similiar device to protect an anemone.
It doesnt take an expert to even add a powerhead or 2, feed a bit more, bit less, or get an anemone its needs met.
Nor is it "luck" that I have over a dozen show and grow out tanks for 5 species of anemones which thrive in their respective environments. It wasnt too hard for me or be hard for anyone else to do a bit of research to meet its needs and start out with an anemone.
There are also a few folks on this board who would be considered "beginners" that also have anemones and have had excellent results with anemones.
If someone wants to really prove otherwise that anemones are hard to keep, then please post MULTIPLE LINKS where failure occured in which there wasnt an EASY OBVIOUS SOLUTION IN WHICH THE PROBLEM COULD HAVE BEEN CORRECTED.
Ming:
I never made that staement. I stated that anemones are EASIER TO KEEP THAN MOST CORALS. Yes I am sure there are a few exceptions, but the fact is that most host clownfish anemones are on the easy side of the reefkeeping scale. For every coral you can claim with proof that is easier to keep than an anemone, I can easily give a list of dozens that are not. As for responsibility goes, I will readily give advise to a "beginner" to allow them to try an anemone. And I can garentee a very high sucess rate, as high as any coral when given the proper knowledge and equipment.
