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Neurotech
11/22/2006, 07:13 AM
How many of you keep anemones in your SPS tanks? What type do you find safest, move the least, etcetera? I am starting my first SPS tank after 7 years of sofie reefing. I will, if possible, want clowns hosting in an anemone in there.
drives300
11/22/2006, 07:40 AM
haddonis if happy will not move. I hear ritteris and bubble tips move alot though.

I think feeding them weekly keeps them in place.

i have had haddonis and sebae and both stayed set after putting them in
kzoo
11/22/2006, 07:54 AM
I would not do it there is to much danger of them stinging the Sps. I have a 240gall and there still was not enough room, they always want the best light and thats were the Sps grow the best.I have seen people put them in pvc tubes with pull ties to make them stay put but if there not happy they will poisin your tank.
gillies
11/22/2006, 07:58 AM
I've got one in my 80 hosted by a clown. It stays put but will sting the heck out of SPS it comes in contact with. I like it in there.
LOTUS50GOD
11/22/2006, 08:50 AM
I have a RBTA in my SPS tank.. hasnt moved in 4 years...
Racenrich
11/22/2006, 08:54 AM
An Anemone will sting any SPS that is within reach...i've lost a few SPS frag's (that i thought were out of range).
I coundn't wait to get it out....had to upgrade to a larger tank to finally do it! :D

Shot of my old 55g with anemone
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/xcmtbkr/55g_11-04-05.jpg

Cheers,
Rich K.
jimbo045
11/22/2006, 10:17 AM
Bubble Tip I say. Hardly move much I think.
trippyl
11/22/2006, 10:25 AM
My advice, don't do it. Get a goni or hammer instead, your clown will host in those and enjoy it more.
naterealbig
11/22/2006, 11:19 AM
I have 55gal, with a maroon clown, blue damsel, T. durasa, one acro., with a long tip anemone. The anemone has found his home on the bottom of the tank, and I will keep my sps on top of the rock. The anemone hasn't moved at all since he found this spot, and he can't swim, so I don't think that I will have a problem with it stinging my corals. The only possibility would be him stinging my clam. I know its a risk, but a risk that I guess I'm ready to take. Good luck.
DrBDC
11/22/2006, 11:32 AM
I've found that if I aquascape a little bit of a barrier and feed right away and often the rbta's don't move.
RichConley
11/22/2006, 11:36 AM
IMO, stay away from BTAs. way too prone to move.


Sebaes almost never move, although they get much bigger than BTAs.
scumonkey
11/22/2006, 01:04 PM
I tried with a LTA as well...now he's gone- not because he moved (never)
but because he would sometimes open up sooo big, that in my 112 he could reach and sting just about anything- they grow fast, and as they grow bigger their stinging reach grows as well!
Stay with an anemone with shorter tenticles.
SCR
11/22/2006, 05:20 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8599865#post8599865 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by trippyl
My advice, don't do it. Get a goni or hammer instead, your clown will host in those and enjoy it more.
"Ditto"
SCR
11/22/2006, 05:24 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8601024#post8601024 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by scumonkey
I tried with a LTA as well...now he's gone- not because he moved (never)
but because he would sometimes open up sooo big, that in my 112 he could reach and sting just about anything- they grow fast, and as they grow bigger their stinging reach grows as well!
Stay with an anemone with shorter tenticles.
"Ditto " on the LTA also, they get huge.
ViPeR_930
11/22/2006, 05:59 PM
I have four RBTAs in a 20g frag tank full of various corals, mostly SPS. They've never harmed a thing in the almost 3 years I've had them.
Old pic.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/ViPeR_930/22dbcded.jpg
wannalivebythes
11/22/2006, 06:16 PM
I have a tiny little bubble tip anemone and it still moves around the tank on a daily basis (after about a month since it's introduction). I certainly wouldn't count on it NOT moving...
rreddick
11/22/2006, 07:24 PM
Have a Condie and a Hadoni, the carpet never moved from where I placed it, and the Condie adjsuted about 4 inches.

Ron
sean48183
11/22/2006, 07:50 PM
Don't forget they play chemical warfare in the tank with the sps. they don't have to necessarily be near to kill it. They release a toxin in the water that supposed to ward off anything near it. I have noticed from diving all over the world that anemones do tend to be off on there own and in very, very shallow water.