Are you planning on sticking to a certain region? How about anemones? Giant Green Anemone (Anthopleura xanthogrammica) and aggregating anemone (Anthopleura elegantissima) for example.
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I don’t think I’ll stick to one certain region, and instead try to get a natural-ish cold water reef.Are you planning on sticking to a certain region? How about anemones? Giant Green Anemone (Anthopleura xanthogrammica) and aggregating anemone (Anthopleura elegantissima) for example.
I don’t think I’ll stick to one certain region, and instead try to get a natural-ish cold water reef.
I might go for maybe one or two anemones, I don’t quite know just yet (Anemones have always been a questionable thing for me in both warm and cold water tanks)
Yeah, I’ve read that the cold water news are easier to keep, I might try one when I do take the plunge into coldwaterI kept a little cold water reef in high school. If I remember correctly, they were a bit easier to keep than the tropical nems. They did need to be fed though.
It’s even more interesting as the majority of people who live in colder waters live near coral reefs without knowing, mainly because it’s not the “Vibrant”, warm coral reefs we see photos of.
Makes sense. Many coldwater tidepool anemones are built to survive large changes in temperature/salinity and removal from water for hours at a time, multiple times in a single day.Yeah, I’ve read that the cold water news are easier to keep, I might try one when I do take the plunge into coldwater
Yeah, that does max sense now that I think about it, the amount of nems that get caught in rockpools in Scotland is mad.Makes sense. Many coldwater tidepool anemones are built to survive large changes in temperature/salinity and removal from water for hours at a time, multiple times in a single day.
There are quite a few fish and coral options for a 55F tank including anemones, gorgonians and hard corals. You can also look into Tasmanian boxfish which are available on supply lists. Here is a short video of my 55F tank.
Wow, the white bar box fish look beautiful! I’m for sure going to try get a 5’ cold water reef eventually.Shaws boxfish and Ornate boxish (from the Tasmanian area of Australia)......plus Flame boxfish (aka as White Bar boxfish) which come from the Perth area of Australia are all fairly readily available and show up on supply lists frequently. I would say a minimum tank size of 125gal for the boxfish....they are slow movers as seen in my video.