About to buy first anemone, need suggestions?

84chris · 06/27/2008, 07:25 PM

My new tank is doing very well, it is a mixed reef with sps and soft coral. It is a shallow cube with a ushio 400w bulb with t5 supplement lighting. My fish are a tennant tang, scopas tang, yellow wrasse, foxface, and a percula clown. I want to try an anemone, which should i get? I like the purple tip carpets but ive heard the bubble tip are easier to care for. I would any suggestions and tips on how to care for them. Thank you.

Obliduty · 06/27/2008, 07:58 PM

I'm in the same boat as you.

I recently bought a green BTA but was very hesitant because I didn't want to mess with my corals and setup. I moved any corals I could to the other side of my tank then placed it right at the base of my rock and sand on the other side. it moved about 6 inches and settled. One of my clowns hosted the first night.

I decided to do it now since my tank is only about half stocked and now I can build around it.

pledosophy · 06/27/2008, 08:01 PM

Cover the powerheads! Cover the intakes!

Sums up what I know.

The solution.

Obliduty · 06/27/2008, 08:12 PM

+1 to that, I'm also lucky my koralia is covered in an inch of macro-algae on all sides.

stagefright13 · 06/27/2008, 08:34 PM

Yeah my girlfriend called me at work because my powerhead intake sucked up my BTA. I didn't believe her 'till I got home and yeah it traveled completely across the tank in one day to the intake. Sigh...

I could not believe how bad it was 'till I actually saw it. Protect every intake if you got one. And use lots of light.

And you would probably be best getting the Anemone and Clownfish first. The Anemone will roam 'till it finds a spot it likes. And may stay there forever sometimes. It may like a spot behind the rocks... Then you will never see it or your Clownfish

They are beautiful and fickle creatures.

Reeftanks6 · 06/27/2008, 08:47 PM

I mean my first one was a bubble tip and i love the guy he is awesome. I mean keep the power heads covered and just make sure you have good enough light for him.

06/27/2008, 07:25 PM	#1
84chris Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Brookpark Posts: 446	About to buy first anemone, need suggestions? My new tank is doing very well, it is a mixed reef with sps and soft coral. It is a shallow cube with a ushio 400w bulb with t5 supplement lighting. My fish are a tennant tang, scopas tang, yellow wrasse, foxface, and a percula clown. I want to try an anemone, which should i get? I like the purple tip carpets but ive heard the bubble tip are easier to care for. I would any suggestions and tips on how to care for them. Thank you.

06/27/2008, 07:58 PM	#2
Obliduty Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Fairfax, VA Posts: 30	I'm in the same boat as you. I recently bought a green BTA but was very hesitant because I didn't want to mess with my corals and setup. I moved any corals I could to the other side of my tank then placed it right at the base of my rock and sand on the other side. it moved about 6 inches and settled. One of my clowns hosted the first night. I decided to do it now since my tank is only about half stocked and now I can build around it. __________________ Save the Cheerleader, Save the World Current Tank Info: 90g "bar" community tank with EBJackDemp as king, 55g reef tank next to bed. 30g aggressive fowlr being setup.

06/27/2008, 08:01 PM	#3
pledosophy Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Beaverton Posts: 5,290	Cover the powerheads! Cover the intakes! Sums up what I know. The solution. __________________ 120g mixed reef 90g QT

06/27/2008, 08:12 PM	#4
Obliduty Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Fairfax, VA Posts: 30	+1 to that, I'm also lucky my koralia is covered in an inch of macro-algae on all sides. __________________ Save the Cheerleader, Save the World Current Tank Info: 90g "bar" community tank with EBJackDemp as king, 55g reef tank next to bed. 30g aggressive fowlr being setup.

06/27/2008, 08:34 PM	#5
stagefright13 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Hatboro, PA USA Posts: 899	Yeah my girlfriend called me at work because my powerhead intake sucked up my BTA. I didn't believe her 'till I got home and yeah it traveled completely across the tank in one day to the intake. Sigh... I could not believe how bad it was 'till I actually saw it. Protect every intake if you got one. And use lots of light. And you would probably be best getting the Anemone and Clownfish first. The Anemone will roam 'till it finds a spot it likes. And may stay there forever sometimes. It may like a spot behind the rocks... Then you will never see it or your Clownfish They are beautiful and fickle creatures. Last edited by stagefright13; 06/27/2008 at 08:47 PM.

06/27/2008, 08:47 PM	#6
Reeftanks6 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: PA Posts: 3,857	I mean my first one was a bubble tip and i love the guy he is awesome. I mean keep the power heads covered and just make sure you have good enough light for him. __________________ 110g Reef build in progress Current Tank Info: 110 Gallon Reef