Anemores????

Hi just wondering what are the best anemore's to keep for a newbie like myself. I have 2 clownfish {amphiprion percula} in a 34g tank?

 

I think your talking about “anemones”.
What size tank is it?
How long has the tank been set up?
What kind of light do you have?
What filters are you running?
Do you have a protein skimmer?

 

If you're a noob to nems it's best to make sure your tank is first established for at least 6 months. Also make sure you have adequate lighting and be aware that nems will move all over your tank until they are happy. In the process than can sting and kill any corals you have in your tank. You may need to take caution by screening powerheads/intakes because of their mobility also. If a nem gets caught in anything like that it can quickly die and foul/crash your tank.

As for what hosting nem to start with, I would go with a Green Bubble Tip or Rose Bubble Tip, they are labeled as the easiest of the nems to take care of. This is the only nem (RBTA) I have exp with and it was my first. I have had it for about 40 days and it has split once already. I am currently feeding it every 3-4 days small pieces of raw shrimp & krill to compensate for lighting. It has grown quickly & had moved the first two days very close to my lights. I have a measly 260w of PC lighting so my upgrade to 5x54w of T5 will keep it much happier.

Important things to remember is that nems will go where they want, when they want. Also clowns may or may not host with the nem, it can be instant, in a few weeks, months, years, or never. I have 2 pairs of Ocellaris in my tank (no flaming ) & none have hosted either of my nems. Research which nem is the natural host for your clown species also.

Here are some pics of the two nems and you'll see they settled in the upper top-left of the tank:

 

well for a beginner remember that if you are wanting to add corals later the anemone will un attatch him self and float around the tank looking for a new area to attach and my problem with having an anemone with coral he floated around and stung everything so i got rid of all my anemones and went to a reef with few fish setup (food for thought) but when i did have one my clown loved the long tentical anemone the anemone was big enough for him to hide in he loved it

 

The best kind for a newbie would be rock anemones.

They are about the size of a quarter and probably too small to be hosted. These are easy. The rest are difficult.

Just FYI, clowns don't need anemones and may very well not host one even if it were available.