lilyost4290
04/20/2012, 12:38 PM
I just picked up the first issue of Coral & Reef USA Magazine today to do a bit of research for an upcoming project I'm working on. To my astonishment, there was an article about anemone keeping and home aquaria, that says "Heteractis crispa, Entacmaea quadricolor, Stichodactyla gigantea, and S. haddoni are other [in addition to H. magnifica] Indo-Pacific species that may easily be kept in aquaria."
I was a bit outraged and surprised that a publication dedicated to reef keeping and describes itself as "the last word on reefkeeping" would boast a claim that these delicate creatures are easily kept in aquaria, when listing particularly S. gigantea and H. magnifica, which are two of the most difficult creatures to sustain in captivity.
Further in the article, the authors write "Sea anemones are generaly not fussy guests, requiring only a few basic essentials to keep them happy and healthy in an aquarium."
At this point, I'm pretty disgusted at the lack of responsibility by the authors and editors at understating the care requirements of these invertebrates. But the authors still aren't finished. They then go on to say that "Regardless of their provenance, be it the tropical regions of the Indo-Pacific or the Atlantic, or the temperate habitats of northerly shores, most species are hardy and will easily adapt to captive conditions. You can even keep several species of sea anemones in the same tank."
Has anyone else on these forums read this article? Am I missing something that happened recently where anemones suddenly became beginner inverts? Anyway, feel free to share your thoughts or show me where I'm wrong. If the authors are on here, I think it'd be great to have your input too.
I was a bit outraged and surprised that a publication dedicated to reef keeping and describes itself as "the last word on reefkeeping" would boast a claim that these delicate creatures are easily kept in aquaria, when listing particularly S. gigantea and H. magnifica, which are two of the most difficult creatures to sustain in captivity.
Further in the article, the authors write "Sea anemones are generaly not fussy guests, requiring only a few basic essentials to keep them happy and healthy in an aquarium."
At this point, I'm pretty disgusted at the lack of responsibility by the authors and editors at understating the care requirements of these invertebrates. But the authors still aren't finished. They then go on to say that "Regardless of their provenance, be it the tropical regions of the Indo-Pacific or the Atlantic, or the temperate habitats of northerly shores, most species are hardy and will easily adapt to captive conditions. You can even keep several species of sea anemones in the same tank."
Has anyone else on these forums read this article? Am I missing something that happened recently where anemones suddenly became beginner inverts? Anyway, feel free to share your thoughts or show me where I'm wrong. If the authors are on here, I think it'd be great to have your input too.