Caring for Rose Anemones the right way

Anemones can die from bad water conditions, over stressed condition such as lack of food and poor lighting or bad quality of water.

Personally I have not lost a rose to any of the above, only to Power heads and filter intakes, but that was in my early years of owning them.

  I feed them every 3 days ( babies that are under 3 inches that is) and the larger ones are fed once a week.

 

I have never had a rose die from splitting either as I keep the water pristine with water changes.

I have all live rock and live sand to help keep it as clean as possible, a huge clean up crew and plenty of   pods to keep it all cleaned up.
Loads of snails, some queen conchs, Medusa worms, Bristle worms ,red crabs and large green brittle stars,and a lot of other funny looking critters come alive at night.

Personally I think it’s the building block of a healthy tank . A  large clean up crew that will eat all of the waste and excess food, thus keeping the tank sparkling clean and clear.

I have no algae at all on the glass in my large rose tank because of the clean up crew.  I do however get a white film on the glass and I use the floating Mag Float on it every 2 or 3 days.  I never disturb my tank, all rock and Caulerpa that I keep in the tank is left undisturbed. Caulerpa is kept in check by the yellow tang somewhat but I do thin it on occasion. It helps to keep the water clear and adds a natural appearance to the tank. (just my opinion again).

Also I sell what I harvest so if you are looking for some, check the "For Sale " section.

The bleached Anemone

When or if your Anemone looks like this, it is very sick and needs clean water and lots and lots of food. These pictures show my first Anemones that I ever bought, when I got them I thought they were beautiful, only to find out they may be beautiful, but are very sick. Back then I knew nothing about keeping them.

When they got their first meal they bubbled up great, but it took several months of TLC to bring them back to where they should be, red and beautiful.

Here is what I use now for sick Anemones that need special care. They can stay in the tank and have water flow through  it but it keeps them from hiding behind rocks where I can't help them. I also use them for Clones that need special care. You can find them at WalMart or some Walgreens in the bath dept.

As you can see, they will eat when bleached so that is a good thing, but many aren't so lucky, they

have been so stressed from being moved to another tank. Or not fed for so long that they have literally

consumed themselves. Usually those are much harder to save then ones that still have their tentacles in

tack and can grab food to take to their mouths.

 

 

These are pictures of bleached Roses, severely stressed and in need of care.

You will see many this color in the fish stores, they are beautiful for sure, but not healthy so

unless you know that you can save them, do not attempt to try it.

But with a good all around tank, stable and much light and dedication on your part to seeing

to it's needs, they can come through and be beautiful.

And what they looked life after a month of TLC

All of  these were some of my first Roses when they arrived via UPS overnight mail. 

All of the above pictures where taken when I first set up my Rose tank back in the 90's.

All of the roses where sold before the move to Texas.

I started over with healthy Anemones once my tanks were established and running properly.