right time to add corals or anenomes

coltsfan80 · 07/20/2006, 04:45 PM

When should it be safe to add coral and or an anenome to a tank...I have heard 6 months to a year..and I have also heard after the tank has cycled...which I believe to be way too soon...and any opinion on what corals and what type of anenome might be good for a false perc clown to host? and anyone have an opinion on the condy anenome...I have read they are excellent beginner anenomes..then I have read that they move to much and sting everything in the tank...??

AngeloM3 · 07/20/2006, 05:03 PM

well........ not sure how long your tank has been running.

but once its done cycling... its gonna go through a algae phase that lasts about a month.... after thats done your good to add anything you want

if you really want an anemone... add that first. that will wander around your tank until it finds a place it likes. if you have corals in there before you add the anemone... it will wander and sting your corals and possibly kill them.

coltsfan80 · 07/21/2006, 09:02 AM

my tank is a little more than 3 months old,....I will add the anenome first...any opinion on a good "starter" anenome? I do have a false perc clown and a blue damsel.

marw99 · 07/21/2006, 09:08 AM

I would select a anenome that false perc would host

AngeloM3 · 07/21/2006, 01:36 PM

Coltsfan....... a clown will pick pretty much anything to use as host!

i've seen with my own two eyes...... a clowns using: powerhead, pvc, hair algae and a heater

mine chose a rock with 5 hairy mushrooms on it... before that he was using my leather

so dont worry about it NOT hosting... within two weeks of being added to my tank it went to the hairy mushrooms

you can try a BTA (Bubble Tip Anemone).... those are the most common and probably easy to care for (i may be wrong). and i THINK (again i may be wrong) they dont like to much flow

try posting some questions in the anemone/clownfish forum

hairymushroom · 07/21/2006, 02:33 PM

First off , check all your parameters and post them on here, dont just 'assume' everything is good and 3 months is too early to add an anemone IMO. If you chose to keep anemone make sure all powerheads/overflows are covered ( no , the basic fish covers dont work ) unless you like the look of anemone soup. The anemones i would suggest to the beginner are 1. aiptasia 2. majano's... lol , i would say either a BTA or S.haddoni carpet anemone would be your best chance at succes.

BTW, it is HIGHLY unlikely that clowns will host condy anemones.
good luck, u going to need it.

AngeloM3 · 07/21/2006, 04:25 PM

i think he has a 29g

a carpet anemone get huge! and will easily outgrow his tank

07/20/2006, 04:45 PM	#1
coltsfan80 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: indianapolis Posts: 128	right time to add corals or anenomes When should it be safe to add coral and or an anenome to a tank...I have heard 6 months to a year..and I have also heard after the tank has cycled...which I believe to be way too soon...and any opinion on what corals and what type of anenome might be good for a false perc clown to host? and anyone have an opinion on the condy anenome...I have read they are excellent beginner anenomes..then I have read that they move to much and sting everything in the tank...??

07/20/2006, 05:03 PM	#2
AngeloM3 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 1,016	well........ not sure how long your tank has been running. but once its done cycling... its gonna go through a algae phase that lasts about a month.... after thats done your good to add anything you want if you really want an anemone... add that first. that will wander around your tank until it finds a place it likes. if you have corals in there before you add the anemone... it will wander and sting your corals and possibly kill them. __________________ "I'm sick of chasing my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where their going and catch up with them later." -Mitch Hedberg R.I.P

07/21/2006, 01:36 PM	#5
AngeloM3 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 1,016	Coltsfan....... a clown will pick pretty much anything to use as host! i've seen with my own two eyes...... a clowns using: powerhead, pvc, hair algae and a heater mine chose a rock with 5 hairy mushrooms on it... before that he was using my leather so dont worry about it NOT hosting... within two weeks of being added to my tank it went to the hairy mushrooms you can try a BTA (Bubble Tip Anemone).... those are the most common and probably easy to care for (i may be wrong). and i THINK (again i may be wrong) they dont like to much flow try posting some questions in the anemone/clownfish forum __________________ "I'm sick of chasing my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where their going and catch up with them later." -Mitch Hedberg R.I.P

07/21/2006, 04:25 PM	#7
AngeloM3 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 1,016	i think he has a 29g a carpet anemone get huge! and will easily outgrow his tank __________________ "I'm sick of chasing my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where their going and catch up with them later." -Mitch Hedberg R.I.P

07/21/2006, 09:02 AM	#3
coltsfan80 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: indianapolis Posts: 128	my tank is a little more than 3 months old,....I will add the anenome first...any opinion on a good "starter" anenome? I do have a false perc clown and a blue damsel.

07/21/2006, 09:08 AM	#4
marw99 Moved On Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Bay Area Posts: 99	I would select a anenome that false perc would host

07/21/2006, 02:33 PM	#6
hairymushroom Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: South Africa Posts: 315	First off , check all your parameters and post them on here, dont just 'assume' everything is good and 3 months is too early to add an anemone IMO. If you chose to keep anemone make sure all powerheads/overflows are covered ( no , the basic fish covers dont work ) unless you like the look of anemone soup. The anemones i would suggest to the beginner are 1. aiptasia 2. majano's... lol , i would say either a BTA or S.haddoni carpet anemone would be your best chance at succes. BTW, it is HIGHLY unlikely that clowns will host condy anemones. good luck, u going to need it.