mini maxi carpet or rock flower anenome

menelaos · 04/06/2016, 07:48 AM

Hello everyone, I currently have a 90 gal tank. It is stocked with fish, inverts and a hand full of soft and lps corals, i have a RBTA for my clowns. I was looking into adding a few smaller more stationary anemones for color and hopefully to host my porcelains crabs and etc.. not mainly my clowns.

I know you do not want to many types of different anemones in a tank, but i would like to add a pair of either the rocks or mini carpets to start a small garden as they call it, as both species don't move a lot and can be side by side with there own type.

I just wonder what is my best option/pros and cons of these two options. any help would be appreciated. Hopefully soon im getting impatient lol

thanks

ReefDoberman · 04/06/2016, 11:13 AM

They both move a lot

enchelycore808 · 04/06/2016, 01:51 PM

They can move a bit but definitely not as much as your BTA. Get them both! At a one point I had 13 maxi, 6 rfa, 4 BTA and 1 haddoni all in one tank.

menelaos · 04/06/2016, 06:53 PM

I like your thinking get them both, I thought about that at first but worried it may be two much, that's why I wanted info to help me decide, I like them both but only know a bit what I read about them

garygb · 04/07/2016, 08:47 AM

I have both in the same tank. And they are both stationary and make a good "garden anemone."

menelaos · 04/07/2016, 02:21 PM

nice i will start out with 2 of one or the other and take it slow from there

ulli · 04/10/2016, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ReefDoberman

They both move a lot

I have kept a few Minimaxis and Rocks and they don't move a lot.
Out of my 4 minimaxi i have had in over 4 years not one has moved.
The rocks on the other hand will move when disturbed or feel uncomfortable.

menelaos · 04/11/2016, 09:00 AM

cool not sure what ones im gona start out with first, wich is the less agressive of the two

Deefish714 · 04/11/2016, 09:28 AM

I agree with everyone when they state they don't move as much or at all. Mine found thier spots and planted never moved after that. Very easy anemones to maintain IMO

Maritimer · 04/11/2016, 04:29 PM

I've got several of each in my 65. The first one added (rock flower) climbed up his rock a few inches, and one other rock flower moved a little bit to actually grab hold of his, but other than that, they're pretty stationary. In fact, a couple of the maxi-minis (and a Bali blood-red mini-carpet) attached themselves to areas that are rather too dark and shadowy for my liking - but won't come out into the light to play.

~Bruce

04/06/2016, 07:48 AM	#1
menelaos Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 9	mini maxi carpet or rock flower anenome Hello everyone, I currently have a 90 gal tank. It is stocked with fish, inverts and a hand full of soft and lps corals, i have a RBTA for my clowns. I was looking into adding a few smaller more stationary anemones for color and hopefully to host my porcelains crabs and etc.. not mainly my clowns. I know you do not want to many types of different anemones in a tank, but i would like to add a pair of either the rocks or mini carpets to start a small garden as they call it, as both species don't move a lot and can be side by side with there own type. I just wonder what is my best option/pros and cons of these two options. any help would be appreciated. Hopefully soon im getting impatient lol thanks

04/11/2016, 09:00 AM	#8
menelaos Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 9	cool not sure what ones im gona start out with first, wich is the less agressive of the two Last edited by menelaos; 04/11/2016 at 09:28 AM.

04/11/2016, 09:28 AM	#9
Deefish714 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 215	I agree with everyone when they state they don't move as much or at all. Mine found thier spots and planted never moved after that. Very easy anemones to maintain IMO __________________ Deefish714

04/11/2016, 04:29 PM	#10
Maritimer Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: SW Connecticut, U.S.A. Posts: 419	I've got several of each in my 65. The first one added (rock flower) climbed up his rock a few inches, and one other rock flower moved a little bit to actually grab hold of his, but other than that, they're pretty stationary. In fact, a couple of the maxi-minis (and a Bali blood-red mini-carpet) attached themselves to areas that are rather too dark and shadowy for my liking - but won't come out into the light to play. ~Bruce __________________ Because anything else ... is just a fishtank. Zoey's Reef has come to life! Zoas, 'shrooms and LPS of several sorts, CUC, dartfish, wrasses and others swim above the sand . . . Current Tank Info: Kingston & Zoey's Reef; 220g, Deltec skimmer, 2 MaxSpect Gyre x-50s, 2,500gph or so through the sump. SPS are surviving . . .

04/06/2016, 11:13 AM	#2
ReefDoberman Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: PA Posts: 688	They both move a lot

04/06/2016, 01:51 PM	#3
enchelycore808 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 405	They can move a bit but definitely not as much as your BTA. Get them both! At a one point I had 13 maxi, 6 rfa, 4 BTA and 1 haddoni all in one tank.

04/06/2016, 06:53 PM	#4
menelaos Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 9	I like your thinking get them both, I thought about that at first but worried it may be two much, that's why I wanted info to help me decide, I like them both but only know a bit what I read about them

04/07/2016, 08:47 AM	#5
garygb Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: los angeles Posts: 4,471	I have both in the same tank. And they are both stationary and make a good "garden anemone."

04/07/2016, 02:21 PM	#6
menelaos Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 9	nice i will start out with 2 of one or the other and take it slow from there