Its supposedly a coldwater brackish invert.
http://www.arkive.org/species/ARK/inver ... ia_equina/
Anyone have experience with this species?
Is there such thing as a tropical brackish anomone
beadlet anomone
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Kept these anemones many, many times. Basically indestructible so long as the SG is 1.018 upwards, so they're borderline brackish. I've kept them in tropical tanks too, which they don't mind. In fact, they're a pest species in some places because they will adapt very quickly to various conditions. Native to NW Europe, but more widely distributed now thanks to piggybacking on ships and such.
Anyway, beadlets are easy to keep. They don't need strong light. Feed periodically (once every week or two with a small bit of prawn) but otherwise leave them alone as they'll catch small bits of food in the water column. They breed like rabbits, producing minature anemones that cover everything. Not quite as bad as Aiptasia, but certainly a good, reliable species if you want your tank covered with anemones.
They can and do eat very small fish and shrimps, so choose tankmates with care. They have a sting that is too weak to penetrate most human skin, but you will feel them "stick" to you. On the other hand, in a room-temperature aquarium with blennies, small hermit crabs, and the like, these are great fun additions to the rock-pool aquarium. They live for years.
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Anyway, beadlets are easy to keep. They don't need strong light. Feed periodically (once every week or two with a small bit of prawn) but otherwise leave them alone as they'll catch small bits of food in the water column. They breed like rabbits, producing minature anemones that cover everything. Not quite as bad as Aiptasia, but certainly a good, reliable species if you want your tank covered with anemones.
They can and do eat very small fish and shrimps, so choose tankmates with care. They have a sting that is too weak to penetrate most human skin, but you will feel them "stick" to you. On the other hand, in a room-temperature aquarium with blennies, small hermit crabs, and the like, these are great fun additions to the rock-pool aquarium. They live for years.
Cheers,
Neale
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No, because the figure-8s want low-end brackish, SG 1.003-1.006, whereas the beadlets want very high end brackish, SG 1.018 upwards. Beadlets might be fine with adults GSPs or Arothron spp., assuming the puffers didn't just eat them of course!
Even if the salinity was okay, I personally wouldn't trust a small pufferfish with an anemone. I can't imagine a basically freshwater ecosystem puffer would recognise the danger until it was too late
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Neale
Even if the salinity was okay, I personally wouldn't trust a small pufferfish with an anemone. I can't imagine a basically freshwater ecosystem puffer would recognise the danger until it was too late
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Neale
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