ZOOT098
Reefing newb
quick question...
tank is in its 5th month
all is good
could getting an anenome make all turn bad????
tank is in its 5th month
all is good
could getting an anenome make all turn bad????
bubble tip anenome yes or no??
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stagofdoom
Phi Kappa Psi
everyone says you should wait until the tank is atleast 10 months old.
Alexander
Reef enthusiast
The longer the better. I wouldn't put one in till a year or more. I say no.
Bifferwine
I am a girl
Maybe. 5 months MAYBE if all your params have been stable, no unexplained deaths, etc. And of course only if you have correct lighting.
yote
In Memoriam
Also be aware that if the BTA touches one of your corals,that coral is probably done for.
That being said,I'd wait at least another couple of months.
That being said,I'd wait at least another couple of months.
ZOOT098
Reefing newb
they sound like they are more trouble than they are worth
Alexander
Reef enthusiast
Yes and one too many people want them and don't understand this taking away from the natural environment and ruining homes for clownfish for what could possibly be centuries to come. This is why I will never put one in my tank unless there is some huge breakthrough in aquaculturing nems. I just refuse to contribute to the demand of the market even if my tank is well established and I know I can do it. I buy one that means another will be ordered for some idiot to buy and place in a month old tank and kill ... Sigh. :mad!!:
lightcs4
Loving to learn
You will never see an anemone in my tank. They have too great a risk compared to the benefit of keeping one.
Bifferwine
I am a girl
Agreed. I had one once. It was fine. But I wouldn't have one again.
yote
In Memoriam
I think anemones are one of those animals that a lot of think they just got to have to have a reef tank.They dont think about what it takes to keep one healthy.Or how much trouble they can be later on when they take up half the tank.(If the nem survives that long).
I kept my BTA for a little over a year.And it got huge in that year.Doubt very seriously I'll ever keep another anemone,unless I deceide to set up an anemone tank,and that aint likely.
I kept my BTA for a little over a year.And it got huge in that year.Doubt very seriously I'll ever keep another anemone,unless I deceide to set up an anemone tank,and that aint likely.
JustinStone87
Reefing newb
Cool Dudes
simpleman
Reefing newb
Not worth it.
IraqVeteran
HOOAH
I've got one in my little 30gal tank. It came as a hitch hiker on my live rock when I set my tank up about 8 months ago. I noticed it at about two months after initial set-up. It was about 1/2 inch wide when I noticed it. Now it has to be about 2 1/2 inches. It seems like it will do well. My two clarki clowns dont go to it though.
