 Anemone Needs
Hi,
I was attracted to anemones as many newbies are and had lots of problems as many people do.
Here's some of the neat things I ve learned.
In the wild many anemones can live more than a hundred years so wild caught specimens should be discouraged.
Many LTA can't breathe well or off gas without good water flow due to their membranes are not good at gas exchange.
Why do they move around so much my guess they are looking for water flow and host fish.
What is the attraction that anemones need host fish?
Here are some of the ideas that may prove interesting.
1. The host fish provides additional water flow from moving in and out of the anemone and the fins of the fish may improve the water flow
2. Maybe the slime of the fish provide a small amount of nutrition that’s beneficial to the LTA, many fresh water fish feed their young slime at birth off their own bodies.
3. Many host fish try to feed their LTA"S.
4. Maybe the fish's waste is predigested food for the LTA"S.
I had a small one that was not thriving in a very healthy reef system he was getting lost in the rock wandering around the tank, yesterday my young true perculla figured out that he liked this LTA and the changes were immediate my anemone stopped barfing, he's perked up overnight, he's getting some color back, he's actually shown improvement in the last 24 hours.
Just observation this poor little LTA has been alost soul in my tank for the last three months, I am so glad this little percula my guess is instinctively knows how to care for this LTA. He was a baby percula when I bought not much more that a few weeks old very tiny to I doubt he ever seen one.
He now protects guards the LTA. Man that nature stuff is amazing.
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Doug
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