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Percula_Clown
01/25/2014, 10:01 AM
I really want to get an anemone but I know I am not ready yet.

Currently I have a 55 gallon mixed reef, 3 inch sand bed, 4 t5s. 29 Gallon sump with BioPellet reactor, huge skimmer DSB in half of that with cheato. (tank will be two years old in May)

parameters stay around,
N 20-30ppm
P 0
KH ~10

I think I would like a Carpet Anemone, I know that the BTA's like to be in weird places, and the Carpets seem to like to attach to rocks and stay there.

I also don't want something that will grow to fast.

This fall I intend to move to a 150 gallon, is it in my best interest to wait?

I was planning on putting live sand in there, adding DRY rock and cycling. Then I intend to put my live rock and my stock in there, so I think it should be fine.

So what I am asking I guess, what parameters should the tank be stable at before I get an anemone? Is it strongly advisable to wait until the new tank gets established? (I don't want to wait half a year more, but if I have to I will) Will the BioPellet reactor hurt the anemone? It is plumbed directly into the skimmer feed pump.

Is a carpet anemone a good idea? My clowns are currently hosting in my Duncan LPS, and it does not like them there...

davocean
01/25/2014, 01:59 PM
http://www.nhm.ku.edu/inverts/ebooks/intro.html

Mrbh22
01/26/2014, 05:17 PM
I am interested in more info from fellow reefers

sh0ck
01/26/2014, 07:01 PM
I introduced my mag carpet recently and I have 0 NO3/PO4, ~8KH using salifert.
Also around 55g, but part of it takes 4" DSB, tank is AIO.
It is probably still not fully spread out when I recall how my LTA doubled in size few days after introduction (LTA is sold to LFS already).
So just for you to see how much of it I reserved for Mag.
Tank could use some cleaning after Xmas period, but I prefer to let Mag acclimate over beauty.
And I have ~90W custom LED mix at full power for 10h a day.
Jebao WP-25 stream is pointed directly above anemone in Reef mode - that is random changing 2000-6500 l/h.

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