What are these called and are they easy to keep?

Arny · Post by **Arny** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 4:44 pm

What are these called and are they easy to keep (I've also seen them in red)?

Do puffers eat them?

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bigfatfish · Post by **bigfatfish** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 4:50 pm

Looks like a zoanthid. I have a few in various colours in my GSP tank - they do not touch them.

Arny · Post by **Arny** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 4:51 pm

bigfatfish wrote:Looks like a zoanthid. I have a few in various colours in my GSP tank - they do not touch them.

Do you have special lighting?

Do you think my 38w T8 would be enough?

bigfatfish · Post by **bigfatfish** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:13 pm

I'm afraid I am only a beginner too! My zoas came with the liverock. The lighting I have is 2 x T5 with reflectors & 2 x marine moonlight T5 with reflectors.

greenspottedlover · Post by **greenspottedlover** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 7:48 pm

Arny wrote:
bigfatfish wrote:Looks like a zoanthid. I have a few in various colours in my GSP tank - they do not touch them.
Do you have special lighting?

Do you think my 38w T8 would be enough?

Just from what I've learnt I would have to guess no.

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 12:24 am

I answered that Q in PM. They will not fair well under regular fluorescent lighting. You'd need at least power compact lighting to keep them.

Arny · Post by **Arny** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 12:40 pm

Hey guys

Thanks for all the info

I was just wondering are ANENOME's and Tube Worms also easy to keep in the Tank Setup? I'm looking to get a blue Marine tube to go along with the White one I have.

Thx again

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 12:44 pm

Nems need a well-established, stable system with strong lighting. I've never had any luck with tube worms of any kind. They are filter feeders.

Arny · Post by **Arny** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 1:34 pm

Pufferpunk wrote:Nems need a well-established, stable system with strong lighting. I've never had any luck with tube worms of any kind. They are filter feeders.

Thanks mate, think I'll stick to soft corals to start with then

solothedrunk · Post by **solothedrunk** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 11:21 pm

Arny wrote:
Arny wrote: Do you have special lighting?

Do you think my 38w T8 would be enough?[

Hey guys

Thanks for all the info

I was just wondering are ANENOME's and Tube Worms also easy to keep in the Tank Setup? I'm looking to get a blue Marine tube to go along with the White one I have.

Thx again

What kind of Anemone? If you want a BTA (Bubble Tip Anemone) they need:

T5 high output, T5 Very High Output or Metal Halide if you want to keep a very healthy Anemone, it can be done with very good PCs but I think at that point it'll be cheaper to get the T5's; and have at least a 30 gallon tank for the Nem; any smaller and they will completely take over that tank.

Mushrooms are a type of Anemone and keep well under PC or T5s, but if you're just beinning start with Shrooms, Zoas, and leathers until you master keeping your parameters level before you graduate.

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