Bubble Tip Anemone Risks
- Thread starter Nemesis
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2 biggest risks are:
1. It will roam and sting corals in its path as you mentioned.
2. It will roam and get sucked into a powerhead which could wipe out your entire tank.
Best thing to do to take proactive matters into your own hands before 1 or 2 happen. Place the nem on a specified stand alone island so that even if it wanders down the rock, it gives you enough time to catch it and place back on its island. Hth.
1. It will roam and sting corals in its path as you mentioned.
2. It will roam and get sucked into a powerhead which could wipe out your entire tank.
Best thing to do to take proactive matters into your own hands before 1 or 2 happen. Place the nem on a specified stand alone island so that even if it wanders down the rock, it gives you enough time to catch it and place back on its island. Hth.
You could also try to adjust the powerbeads to keep the hem stationary. Nems like random flow and good lighting; if you can manipulate the environment to achieve those, you may have a good chance at a stationary nem. IME, the nems I've had moved about for the first few hours while getting situated but then settled within a couple hours.
I currently have 7 news and they haven't moved at all in the last 4 weeks they've been in there. One actually shares a rock with a mushroom colony
I currently have 7 news and they haven't moved at all in the last 4 weeks they've been in there. One actually shares a rock with a mushroom colony
Regardless of what u do, if the Nem wants to move, it will move. I planned on having a full SPS tank, so I decided not to have any nems in my tank. Typically if your tank is healthy and the Nem has been in your tank for awhile (established), it shouldn't move. But there's always a possibility. IME, nems usually move the first few days/weeks they are in a tank.
really depends more on what they're stinging, and for how long.
some corals are more resilient than others.
if the coral is only passing by, no big deal. the coral will recover, but if it decides to stop and whip away at corals, the coral will be in trouble.
in my tank, the SPS seem to not fare that well against the RBTA. the polyps retract and lose tissue where it touches on a regular basis.
on the other hand, i've had the same BTA park ON TOP of 2 mushrooms for a couple months, and the mushroom came back after the nem moved off.
some corals are more resilient than others.
if the coral is only passing by, no big deal. the coral will recover, but if it decides to stop and whip away at corals, the coral will be in trouble.
in my tank, the SPS seem to not fare that well against the RBTA. the polyps retract and lose tissue where it touches on a regular basis.
on the other hand, i've had the same BTA park ON TOP of 2 mushrooms for a couple months, and the mushroom came back after the nem moved off.
I've also used big empty snail shells.. That I can poke into rock work where I want em. Once they're attached inside shell, mine never come off 
