what fish will eat bubble anemones?

wakesetter · 04/20/2008, 11:23 PM

I have a 160 gallon reef that in the last year has gone from having one bubble anemone to well over 100 bta. They are everywhere! one of the powerheads even has 10 anemones on it. They range from quarter sized to about 4" across. No these are not aptasia or mojano, but green bta. started slowly and has exponentially grown. So I want to find a fish that will eat them, but not the other corals in the tank. Other corals inculde a large bubble coral, a large hammer, gsp, leathers, and a colt. I also have a few clams in the tank. Do any of you KNOW of a fish that will eat the bta, but not the other inverts in the tank? I don't want to put a fish in and then have to get it out with all of the rock in the tank.

my other option is to set up a 60 gallon tank and put several of the rocks at at time into the 60 with a couple of butterflies and a couple of angels. I was thinking of a falcula, racoon, queen angel and french angel or maculosus. Let the fish eat the anemones and then rotate rocks from the big tank to the small tank until they are all gone.

any thoughts on my situation/ideas?

Twz · 04/20/2008, 11:32 PM

try a puffer =D
or you could send some to me?
=D

Twz · 04/20/2008, 11:32 PM

try a puffer =D
or you could send some to me?
=D

widmer · 04/21/2008, 12:25 AM

Yea I'm surprised you don't try selling them, you could make a post on here and sell them in batches of 10 or something. People would probably buy them and trade them in for store credit at their LFS's.

spleen93 · 04/21/2008, 01:36 AM

Would love to see photos of this!

wakesetter · 04/21/2008, 08:11 AM

the problem with trading them in at the store is that I would have no rock left. the stores around here don't give such great credit, so it would not work out well.

Puffdragon · 04/21/2008, 10:00 AM

You can get them off of the rock. Cold, like ice works well, they wll release their foot from the rock without injury.

Twz · 04/21/2008, 11:10 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Puffdragon
You can get them off of the rock. Cold, like ice works well, they wll release their foot from the rock without injury.

Yepp,
I have been told to use Ice cubes made of RO/DI But i wouldn't think tap water cubes would harm it.

plyr58 · 04/21/2008, 11:27 AM

Pics or it didn't happen!

04/20/2008, 11:23 PM	#1
wakesetter Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: CA Posts: 1,641	what fish will eat bubble anemones? I have a 160 gallon reef that in the last year has gone from having one bubble anemone to well over 100 bta. They are everywhere! one of the powerheads even has 10 anemones on it. They range from quarter sized to about 4" across. No these are not aptasia or mojano, but green bta. started slowly and has exponentially grown. So I want to find a fish that will eat them, but not the other corals in the tank. Other corals inculde a large bubble coral, a large hammer, gsp, leathers, and a colt. I also have a few clams in the tank. Do any of you KNOW of a fish that will eat the bta, but not the other inverts in the tank? I don't want to put a fish in and then have to get it out with all of the rock in the tank. my other option is to set up a 60 gallon tank and put several of the rocks at at time into the 60 with a couple of butterflies and a couple of angels. I was thinking of a falcula, racoon, queen angel and french angel or maculosus. Let the fish eat the anemones and then rotate rocks from the big tank to the small tank until they are all gone. any thoughts on my situation/ideas?

04/21/2008, 01:36 AM	#5
spleen93 crabby hermit Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: somewhere at the end of the rainbow Posts: 1,363	Would love to see photos of this! __________________ Spleen "Put that in your Mag Drive and smoke it." - jnarowe "Beware of the banter" - mpoletti "Now I know that some things are just out of our control and we should enjoy the good parts as much as we can." - pookstreet

04/21/2008, 10:00 AM	#7
Puffdragon Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 297	You can get them off of the rock. Cold, like ice works well, they wll release their foot from the rock without injury. __________________ The definition of an expert "Someone who has done something for so long that they can not see a new way to do things." Current Tank Info: 350 gallon mixed reef system

04/20/2008, 11:32 PM	#2
Twz Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Edmonton Posts: 628	try a puffer =D or you could send some to me? =D

04/21/2008, 12:25 AM	#4
widmer Drug Enthusiast Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Rochester, MN Posts: 2,958	Yea I'm surprised you don't try selling them, you could make a post on here and sell them in batches of 10 or something. People would probably buy them and trade them in for store credit at their LFS's.

04/21/2008, 08:11 AM	#6
wakesetter Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: CA Posts: 1,641	the problem with trading them in at the store is that I would have no rock left. the stores around here don't give such great credit, so it would not work out well.

04/21/2008, 11:27 AM	#9
plyr58 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 747	Pics or it didn't happen!