Hi I was just wandering what do many reef aquarist mean by having your tank aged before adding any anemones even these easiest of host anemones......Well Ive had my tank up an running for about 5 yrs.. with saltwater fish but, recently taken out most of my fishes and kept only two damsels and a maroon clown in the tank so that I could start reef keeping...Would you guys think that my tank is aged enough to have an anemone.....I do have all that's needed for a reef tank.....a 80 gallon tank with 6 55 watt pc's over the tank with corresponding amounts of live rock and a 2 inch bed of sugar fine sand.....Does anyone think I am ready for any bubble tip anemones and corals....
bubble tip anemone
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If all your water parameters are OK I think you'd be fine to try a BTA, but I don't have much experience with anemones. You might want to do a few searches and/or ask in the main discussion forum for more details.
FWIW, with fluorescents, I think I'd place it in the upper half of the tank to make sure it's getting enough light. It will move if it's not happy where you place it initially.
Also, make sure you have inlets to powerheads, filters, etc. well covered so it doesn't wander into anything and get chewed-up.
HTH
FWIW, with fluorescents, I think I'd place it in the upper half of the tank to make sure it's getting enough light. It will move if it's not happy where you place it initially.
Also, make sure you have inlets to powerheads, filters, etc. well covered so it doesn't wander into anything and get chewed-up.
HTH
Are your bulb replaceable, if so go for some VHO bulbs. I have them in my 100 gal./w a rose bubble tip and it's doing fine. If your test ing your water regularly then you going to be fine with some new bulbs. Hoping you have Fluorescent bulbs, then you could replace them with VHO, i'm not sure if you need to buy thier ballast...if so your looking at $185.00 that will do four bolbs at 4ft long @ 464...bulbs at $21-$26 depending on what bulb colors...i'm using 2 super actinic, and 2 actinic...i'm hosting brains, donuts,frogspawn,hammercoral,anenamies,soft leather,mushrooms,pulps,zoos,feather dusters,flower pots...
-sorry if too much info on my tank
-sorry if too much info on my tank
I've got a rose BTA in a one month old 10g...
Its been in for 72 hrs so far and hasn't moved a whit except to spin around in the rock crevice its got its foot buried in so that it could maximize tentacle light exposure and also maximize its ability to grab anything floating by in the flow.
It opened up a little while the bag was floating, opened a little more during the drip aclimation (at 250 ml/hr) and about 15 minutes after transfer and final placement it was opened up about the same amount that it is in the pics.. - Bigger than it was at the LFS..
It sits about 6-7" directly under 32w of PC. (Retro'd into the standard Penn Plax 10g hoods light fixture..)
Heres a couple pics, one of the light retro..
And yeah, the whole works is less than a foot away from my right shoulder right this second..
Its been in for 72 hrs so far and hasn't moved a whit except to spin around in the rock crevice its got its foot buried in so that it could maximize tentacle light exposure and also maximize its ability to grab anything floating by in the flow.
It opened up a little while the bag was floating, opened a little more during the drip aclimation (at 250 ml/hr) and about 15 minutes after transfer and final placement it was opened up about the same amount that it is in the pics.. - Bigger than it was at the LFS..
It sits about 6-7" directly under 32w of PC. (Retro'd into the standard Penn Plax 10g hoods light fixture..)
Heres a couple pics, one of the light retro..
And yeah, the whole works is less than a foot away from my right shoulder right this second..
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330w of PC lighting is ample for a BTA and pretty much any soft/LPS coral. I'd put the BTA in before anything else,,, let it get settled.
You could probably keep a few Montipora. sp SPS corals in the upper part of the tank with that lighting,, I have an orange Monti Cap that did just fine under 220w of PC's,, though I admit it really took-off when I added halides.
Good luck
You could probably keep a few Montipora. sp SPS corals in the upper part of the tank with that lighting,, I have an orange Monti Cap that did just fine under 220w of PC's,, though I admit it really took-off when I added halides.
Good luck
By "aging" it doesn't really apply to your tank's age. Anemones can survive in tanks right after the tank has stablize from cycling.
But what "aging" really means is based on YOU, the hobbyist. Anemone is not recommend until the hobbyist has a year under his/her belt. I am sorry to say FO doesn't count much, water parameters are less worrisome in a FO compared to a reef tank. You need experience in keeping corals, etc for a year. And then you will have a better chance on keeping anemones for long term.
But what "aging" really means is based on YOU, the hobbyist. Anemone is not recommend until the hobbyist has a year under his/her belt. I am sorry to say FO doesn't count much, water parameters are less worrisome in a FO compared to a reef tank. You need experience in keeping corals, etc for a year. And then you will have a better chance on keeping anemones for long term.
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