anemone ?????

[cspider120]

I had a BTA and it did do well. So beings i have a lot of sandy floor space i was thinking of a carpit anemone but dont know what kind to get???? ANd i think the reason my BTA didnt work out was i didnt drip it.

 

[SchnitzelReef]

I'm assuming u meant DIDN'T do well? If a BTA didn't do well, I wouldn't risk a carpet.


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[cspider120]

yeah it died after about three months and i was wanting something for color and my four clowns.

 

[thresher]

From my understanding I believe carpet nems are more difficult to keep than RBTA's. If you had trouble with the RBTA I would guess that a carpet would likely suffer the same fate in the tank.

 

[cspider120]

yeah after reading somethings and what not maybe ill just try one more BTA. what els can i do for my clowns?

 

[djam]

I had a carpet and it grew like a fricking weed, but when I swapped it out for a 2 btas one of them died, the second is doing awesome.

 

[cspider120]

so where can i get a good size BTA with good at a low price??

 

[djam]

PYA posted some nice looking stuff a few days ago and I've had good luck with his livestock.

 

[SchnitzelReef]

If it died after 3 months, it had nothing to do with acclimating it. You prolly have issues with either water quality, or lighting.

What's lights are u running?


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[djam]

What and how often did you feed it? Did it change color or shrink before it died?

 

[Reefomeez]

If it died after 3 months, it had nothing to do with acclimating it. You prolly have issues with either water quality, or lighting.

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How old is your tank? Filtration?

 

[cspider120]

SchnitzelReef- I run two 65w smartpq 10000K & 460nm actinic side by side

djam- I feed it cod and about once a week or so

 

[cspider120]

Reefomeez- the tank is about a year old and I run a filter sock with a skimmer and a refig and bio balls

 

[Reefomeez]

Weird...maybe it was just its time. Water quality is pretty important, any chance your phosphates or nitrates are high?

 

[cspider120]

Nope I test weekly and all is in normal

 

[Reefomeez]

I got nothing then. You might try to find a captive bred bta then. They're hardier.

Also, don't worry about your clowns. They'll find something to host. Like a goni, frogspawn, or powerhead. They'll be fine without a nem.

 

[peter]

Maxi minis are cool but not sure if clowns host them.. I have two, theyre pretty easy to take care of..

 

[BeanMachine]

The nems might not like your pc lights.

 

[Reef Bullet]

Maxi minis are cool but not sure if clowns host them.. I have two, theyre pretty easy to take care of..

Different types of clownfish will host in different types of nems. Some clownfish, especially captive bred ones, won't even host in an anemone even if you have one & it's a type they normally will host in. I wouldn't worry too much about having a nem for your clowns. They will be fine & happy enough without one.

The nems might not like your pc lights.

I was thinking the same thing. Bta's like a lot of light.... I don't believe pc's are strong enough. I wouldn't get another one unless you upgrade your lighting. It would be especially important to feed the nem on a regular basis with the weak lighting, too. And if you were able to keep one alive under pc lighting, the colors of the nem would likely not be as pretty as they would be under strong lighting. Very likely brown, but as long as you feed it to supplement for the lighting it's not getting, it could live for a long time in it's brown state.

Please tell us a little about your bta before it died. Did it lose it's color or bleach at all? Did you feed it?

 

[Reef Bullet]

Some good reading here....

This tells about the different types of clowns & nems that will works together:
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/volume_3/cav3i1/Clown_anemone/Clown_anemone.htm

This has a lot of good info about bta's in general:
http://wetwebmediaforum.com/content.php?121-Bubble-Tip-Anemone-Owner’s-Manual