Pink tipped anemone

[paultaylor]

Hi All,

About ten days ago I added a pink tipped anemone, condylactis gigantea I think is the right name :

http://chapelle.netculture.net/aquarium ... mone_1.jpg

It seams to have settled down nicely between the rocks and I think it looks quite happy.

The questions are :

1. I know it doesn't live with clown fish, but will supposedly live with a shrimp. Any ideas what kind.

2. The shop said I should feed it half a mussel about every three days. I have been doing this by chopping it up finely and gently putting it on its tentacles, it this all correct ?

Thanks in advance for you replies,
Paul

 

[Joew]

i say chop a piece the size of your pinky nail and gently push it to the tentacles and make sure no fish snag it.

JoeW
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[SnowManSnow]

May be the picture color, but he looks a bit bleached out to me. Make sure the guy is high nuff in your tank to get enough light and catch enough food in the current.

From what I read (although someone can probably offer 1st hand advice here) you are feeding fine: )

my 2 cents.
B.

 

[paultaylor]

May be the picture color, but he looks a bit bleached out to me. Make sure the guy is high nuff in your tank to get enough light and catch enough food in the current.

I think he is meant to be very white.

 

[ChrisRD]

I agree it looks bleached. I've only owned one anemone and that was a long time ago. It was a condy, and very white like that when I first got it. After a couple of months and lots of feeding, it darkened-up to a nice tan color with pinkish tips and it stayed like that until I gave it to a friend about a year or so later.

Provided you have strong lighting, good, stable water parameters, and you feed it regularly it should darken-up. Unfortunately many of the condys I've seen other people get are in such bad shape they don't live long enough to get to that point.

Good luck with yours and HTH.