Why do some people have an anemoe in SPS tank?

mmotown · 04/19/2010, 05:01 PM

I have been seeing a few sps tanks that have long tentacle anemoes. I think they look cool yet I see mature sps colonies in their tank. I thought they move around. Do you have one? Can I get one and successfully keep sps?

gasman059 · 04/19/2010, 05:25 PM

its possible - I house 3 -2 carpets and one RBTA

sanababit · 04/19/2010, 05:51 PM

Yes you can have one and house it with sps, but the problem will be when it moves, stings the hell out of the sps or gets caught on a powerhead or creates shade over sps, so be careful

sana

Phyxius · 04/19/2010, 06:01 PM

I have plenty of SPS in my tank and also 2 RBTAs and have been lucky. Mine are within 6 " of where the orig one went 15 mths ago and its clone about 7 mths ago. I worry about it moving one day but for now its happy where its at.

Good part is I`m in the process of setting up a cube just for the BTAs and my wife's Picassos so I can get them out of the big tank.

returnofsid · 04/19/2010, 06:06 PM

I've kept RBTAs in SPS tanks, for almost 4 years. Yes, once in awhile, though rarely, the RBTAs will move and I'll have to encourage it, by moving a rock or two, or removing a coral from it's path. However, I've never lost any corals, due to the moving RBTAs.

Reefer577 · 04/19/2010, 06:09 PM

The only anemones I've kept that really don't move around are rock/flower anemones. You can keep more than one together and under good light they'll never move.

ryanrid · 04/19/2010, 06:17 PM

why do some people have them? cause we like them i guess.
here is a pic of my tank with a large crispa

crispa do not really move, only problem is that it expands quite a bit and can sting, i lost about 3 frags from this, but they were nothing special.

NVTE · 04/19/2010, 06:26 PM

Yes, it is possible when you have enough room for it and it stick to one place. I had mine stay in same rock in 13 months until I decided to make room for SPS.
Here is my tank 2 month ago

mv123 · 04/19/2010, 07:31 PM

Anyone have an anemone in a smaller SPS tank? I would love to get one, and a clown, to go in my 28G LED nano. It will mainly be an SPS tank.

Thanks

Reefer577 · 04/19/2010, 09:02 PM

Nvite, do you photoshop your aquarium background or do you razor the coralline from everywhere? Super clean! You guys with your huge anemones, its so cool!!

NVTE · 04/19/2010, 09:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reefer577

Nvite, do you photoshop your aquarium background or do you razor the coralline from everywhere? Super clean! You guys with your huge anemones, its so cool!!

Yes, I scrape them off often to give nice clear back. I am not big fan of Coralline algae.

Reefer577 · 04/19/2010, 10:07 PM

Hehehe I was wondering....

epstein · 04/20/2010, 07:28 AM

They do work ......I have had mine split several times and not move.......

erendon · 04/20/2010, 08:13 AM

I used to have one that got big and split. After the fourth split I took them out and placed them in my fuge.

stevedola · 04/20/2010, 08:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mmotown

I have been seeing a few sps tanks that have long tentacle anemoes. I think they look cool yet I see mature sps colonies in their tank. I thought they move around. Do you have one? Can I get one and successfully keep sps?

never again unless I had a large tank where I could try and isolate it on an island rock. I lost a few nice peices due to nems roaming.

E-A-G-L-E-S · 04/20/2010, 08:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ryanrid

why do some people have them? cause we like them i guess.
here is a pic of my tank with a large crispa

crispa do not really move, only problem is that it expands quite a bit and can sting, i lost about 3 frags from this, but they were nothing special.

Does your clown host in your crispa?

CleveYank · 04/20/2010, 09:47 AM

Well going for a mixed reef look is probably why most have them together.
Plus nems in an SPS tank must also ellude to an inclination to be more adventurous.

I cannot stand losing SPS to preventable events, (my luck the nem would go on the move into my ORA'S & LE's).

Other's can have nems in tanks with SPS for years without trouble. Murphy sleeps not far from my reef setups so I won't risk it.

dv0920 · 04/20/2010, 10:25 AM

Mine works because I had to create a space specifically for my RBTA, I made a crevice in the middle of my island of rock to keep the RBTA happy and not touching my sps. I don't have huge colonies yet but small ones, so I didn't want to risk having them burnt from the anenmone. This has worked for me so far, until recently when it budded 2 buds and they have now begun growing.

I'm trying to part with them, green base rbta. hopefully they will go to good homes.

David

sbin · 04/20/2010, 11:57 AM

We have a blue haddoni and a large rbta in a 125g with sps.
Both men's walked to opposite corners and rock work was moved to encourage them to stay put.
The nems are a nice contrast to sps.

maharsreef · 04/20/2010, 11:58 AM

Lots of people keep a nemoe and some keep them with anemone's cause they like to.

mmotown · 04/20/2010, 12:38 PM

I think I want one now. Perhaps I will start off with a small one. Any particular place I should look to buy one? Red...The rose bubble tip that Live Aquaria sells is it the same as the long tentical red ones I see in your tanks?

mmotown · 04/20/2010, 04:47 PM

Also I ordered some onyx clowns from Mitch. He was saying most people put a rbta in the aquarium first and place sps around the rbta. What I am doing is backwards. I am wanting to put a rbta in the tank after my sps are already placed. What do you think?

rkelman · 04/20/2010, 06:53 PM

I have a Haddoni Carpet, 2 GBTA's and 2 RBTA's in my tank with SPS. Once the BTA's settle they are fine. I haven't had any SPS damage. I've even had SPS fall into the Haddoni without lasting problems.

NyReefNoob · 04/20/2010, 06:55 PM

question should have been why sps in our nem tanks

arioch · 04/20/2010, 08:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mmotown

Also I ordered some onyx clowns from Mitch. He was saying most people put a rbta in the aquarium first and place sps around the rbta. What I am doing is backwards. I am wanting to put a rbta in the tank after my sps are already placed. What do you think?

This is a bad idea because the anemone WILL wander until it finds a spot it likes, not one that you like for it.

Not that I've ever lost corals to my rbtas, but it can be an issue.

04/19/2010, 05:01 PM	#1
mmotown Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Dallas TX Posts: 1,520	Why do some people have an anemoe in SPS tank? I have been seeing a few sps tanks that have long tentacle anemoes. I think they look cool yet I see mature sps colonies in their tank. I thought they move around. Do you have one? Can I get one and successfully keep sps?

04/19/2010, 05:25 PM	#2
gasman059 The OG mad scientist Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: SOFLA Posts: 10,308	its possible - I house 3 -2 carpets and one RBTA __________________ There's a fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness". 1985-present Current Tank Info: Officially lurking!

04/19/2010, 05:51 PM	#3
sanababit Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Uranus Posts: 3,094	Yes you can have one and house it with sps, but the problem will be when it moves, stings the hell out of the sps or gets caught on a powerhead or creates shade over sps, so be careful sana __________________ Senior Member of the "Hardly any Water Changes, Temp Swinging, T5ing, No Qtining, Frag Exchanging for Fish Food Current Tank Info: 90RR inwall, Octopuss Skimmer, 2 MP40 wQD, 1 MP10 WQD, 2 Radions G4 Pro, Apex Doser, Apex Controller, 400w heater, 30 Gal Sump, Biopellets, Carbon, Gfo, Macroalgae

04/19/2010, 06:01 PM	#4
Phyxius Moving About Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: RTP NC Posts: 2,405	I have plenty of SPS in my tank and also 2 RBTAs and have been lucky. Mine are within 6 " of where the orig one went 15 mths ago and its clone about 7 mths ago. I worry about it moving one day but for now its happy where its at. Good part is I`m in the process of setting up a cube just for the BTAs and my wife's Picassos so I can get them out of the big tank. __________________ -Mike I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it. W. C. Fields Current Tank Info: JUST SOLD AND TOOK DOWN ALL 11/10---210g AGA, 80g sump, Tunze Streams. Tunze ATO,RK Elite Controller, RKII,Dart, GEO Calcium& Nielsen Kalk Reactors,GEO media reactor, Kaleini Rock, 3-250 watt 14k EVC , VHO..... 34g Solana and 60g cube

04/19/2010, 06:26 PM	#8
NVTE Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: S.Cali Posts: 4,088	Yes, it is possible when you have enough room for it and it stick to one place. I had mine stay in same rock in 13 months until I decided to make room for SPS. Here is my tank 2 month ago __________________ Daniel T5+LED 70 Gallon CAD Starting new 190 Gallon

04/19/2010, 06:06 PM	#5
returnofsid Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 3,852	I've kept RBTAs in SPS tanks, for almost 4 years. Yes, once in awhile, though rarely, the RBTAs will move and I'll have to encourage it, by moving a rock or two, or removing a coral from it's path. However, I've never lost any corals, due to the moving RBTAs.

04/19/2010, 06:09 PM	#6
Reefer577 Moved On Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Under the Sea Posts: 305	The only anemones I've kept that really don't move around are rock/flower anemones. You can keep more than one together and under good light they'll never move.

04/19/2010, 06:17 PM	#7
ryanrid Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: sydney australia Posts: 1,425	why do some people have them? cause we like them i guess. here is a pic of my tank with a large crispa crispa do not really move, only problem is that it expands quite a bit and can sting, i lost about 3 frags from this, but they were nothing special.

04/19/2010, 07:31 PM	#9
mv123 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 88	Anyone have an anemone in a smaller SPS tank? I would love to get one, and a clown, to go in my 28G LED nano. It will mainly be an SPS tank. Thanks

04/19/2010, 09:02 PM	#10
Reefer577 Moved On Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Under the Sea Posts: 305	Nvite, do you photoshop your aquarium background or do you razor the coralline from everywhere? Super clean! You guys with your huge anemones, its so cool!!

04/19/2010, 10:07 PM	#12
Reefer577 Moved On Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Under the Sea Posts: 305	Hehehe I was wondering....

04/20/2010, 07:28 AM	#13
epstein Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: NYC transplant now in CT Posts: 1,501	They do work ......I have had mine split several times and not move....... __________________ I'd Rather be a failure at something I love , Than a sucess at something I hate . George Burns Current Tank Info: 150 DD Cube / 100 Gal Sump(basement) 30gal cube frag tank plumb Panworld 250ps return/ Reef Octopus SRO3000 Skimmer/ Bubble Magus Doser/Lumenmax reflector with 400 watt Radium bulb Ice Cap Ballast Apex Controller 2 MP40wes 2 gyre 150

04/20/2010, 08:13 AM	#14
erendon Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Chicago, Il. Posts: 444	I used to have one that got big and split. After the fourth split I took them out and placed them in my fuge. __________________ He who tries and fails is wiser than he who does not try out of fear of failure. Current Tank Info: 180 Gal Reef, DYI fuge/sump, 3x 250's, 1400 K phoenix.

04/20/2010, 09:47 AM	#17
CleveYank 20 Years and Over Join Date: Feb 2000 Posts: 3,052	Well going for a mixed reef look is probably why most have them together. Plus nems in an SPS tank must also ellude to an inclination to be more adventurous. I cannot stand losing SPS to preventable events, (my luck the nem would go on the move into my ORA'S & LE's). Other's can have nems in tanks with SPS for years without trouble. Murphy sleeps not far from my reef setups so I won't risk it.

04/20/2010, 10:25 AM	#18
dv0920 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 202	Mine works because I had to create a space specifically for my RBTA, I made a crevice in the middle of my island of rock to keep the RBTA happy and not touching my sps. I don't have huge colonies yet but small ones, so I didn't want to risk having them burnt from the anenmone. This has worked for me so far, until recently when it budded 2 buds and they have now begun growing. I'm trying to part with them, green base rbta. hopefully they will go to good homes. David __________________ "when your wife understand that if the acropora colonies thrive the sex is much much better." Martin_gruin

04/20/2010, 11:57 AM	#19
sbin Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Lakewood Posts: 485	We have a blue haddoni and a large rbta in a 125g with sps. Both men's walked to opposite corners and rock work was moved to encourage them to stay put. The nems are a nice contrast to sps.

04/20/2010, 11:58 AM	#20
maharsreef Moved On Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: CERRITOS,CA Posts: 279	Lots of people keep a nemoe and some keep them with anemone's cause they like to.

04/20/2010, 12:38 PM	#21
mmotown Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Dallas TX Posts: 1,520	I think I want one now. Perhaps I will start off with a small one. Any particular place I should look to buy one? Red...The rose bubble tip that Live Aquaria sells is it the same as the long tentical red ones I see in your tanks?

04/20/2010, 04:47 PM	#22
mmotown Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Dallas TX Posts: 1,520	Also I ordered some onyx clowns from Mitch. He was saying most people put a rbta in the aquarium first and place sps around the rbta. What I am doing is backwards. I am wanting to put a rbta in the tank after my sps are already placed. What do you think?

04/20/2010, 06:53 PM	#23
rkelman Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Belleville, Ontario Canada Posts: 3,438	I have a Haddoni Carpet, 2 GBTA's and 2 RBTA's in my tank with SPS. Once the BTA's settle they are fine. I haven't had any SPS damage. I've even had SPS fall into the Haddoni without lasting problems.

04/20/2010, 06:55 PM	#24
NyReefNoob skimmer freak Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: peekskill, ny Posts: 1,209	question should have been why sps in our nem tanks __________________ custom 45g cube all in one, ai hydra 26, 2 mp10w, ac jr. ,bubble magnus triple doser, bm nac5 hob skimmer My dad always said the only stupid questions are the ones not asked Current Tank Info: custom 45g cube AIO

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