Anemone

red13miller · #1 01/04/2008, 07:23 PM

This might be a dumb question but can you have a bare bottom tank with an anemone or does the anemone have to have sand to put his foot down???

Purple Penguins · #2 01/04/2008, 07:49 PM

it depends on which anemone you have/get

red13miller · #3 01/04/2008, 09:34 PM

I have a Curley Q Anenome with sand right now but was wondering if it was possible?

garygb · #4 01/04/2008, 10:22 PM

If it's a rock dwelling anemone such as BTA then of course. If it's a LTA, carpet, H. crispa among others, then it needs a sand bed.

Toddrtrex · #5 01/04/2008, 10:26 PM

Assuming that you have a Macrodactyla doreensis -- Curly Q is one of the common names for it, but there are others that have the same common name -- it would really be better off with sand.

However you could use a tupperware container with sand in it.

Similar to this (( this was on a PVC stand, while I was fixing something in another tank that it was in ))

More settled into the container

red13miller · #6 01/04/2008, 10:48 PM

The anemone I have is B. annulata not Macrodactyla doreensis and im not sure if the one I have has to have sand or not.... any help???

garygb · #7 01/04/2008, 11:19 PM

No, that anemone does not have to have sand.

red13miller · #8 01/04/2008, 11:54 PM

Really?! Alright thanks that's good to know