Anemone?

Barrett.Oliver · #1 12-12-2008, 07:26 PM

Happy Friday everyone!!

I have been throwing around the idea of picking up an anemone for my tank in the future. I have a couple questions for those who are interested in helping.

1. Would an anemone be happy in a 30 gallon tank?
2.What type of anemone would be happy in that size tank? (I quite like the BTAs, but I love anemones in general)

Many thanks in advance for those who have some input!

-Barrett Oliver

MikeP · #2 12-12-2008, 08:16 PM

I had a small GBTA in my 30g tank. I was lucky he didn't move around too much. You will want to try to isolate him to one area or rock if you can. What lighting do you have?

Carmen · #3 12-12-2008, 08:17 PM

MikeP has some small GBTA to sell. I recently picked one up (my first nem!) and am so happy with it! Great metallic green coloring!
That's all I have to add as I am a new nem owner myself!

Keri · #4 12-12-2008, 08:30 PM

What kind of lighting do you run?

noirsphynx · #5 12-12-2008, 08:34 PM

I don't have an anemone but what about the rock flower anemone's? I think they might be a good choice for the smaller tank as I'm pretty sure they are a smaller anemone.

MikeP · #6 12-12-2008, 09:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carmen

MikeP has some small GBTA to sell. I recently picked one up (my first nem!) and am so happy with it! Great metallic green coloring!
That's all I have to add as I am a new nem owner myself!

I'm all out of nems now Carmen. We'll have to wait till he splits again. The nem I have seems like it starts to get some size and the next thing you know there's 4 little one's!

fishytime · #7 12-12-2008, 11:13 PM

Excuse me for answering for you Barrett. He is running a tek 4x24w HOT5. A nem might be do-able higher up in the tank. Your tank is how old now bud?

p.s. How does the the light support look?

Doug.

noirsphynx · #8 12-12-2008, 11:52 PM

Don't the Rock Flower Nem's tolerate a variety of lighting? I've been reading up a bit on them and it says they can tolerate a variety of lighting and can handle a little bit lower lighting than other nem's. Does anyone have experience with these because I've been thinking about getting one for my nano.

Barrett.Oliver · #9 12-13-2008, 12:01 AM

Nice work Doug, tek 4x24w HOT5 is what I'm working with. The support looks sexy too!

The tank is only about 7 months old though.

Really if its do-able, the most likely candidate would be BTA for sure.

Thanks for the insight everyone, if you have anymore insight I'll be in from the snow all night!!

Barrett

Nebthet · #10 12-13-2008, 12:39 AM

BTA's don't require as much lighting as other nems, so you will be good to have a small one in a 30g, especially if your tank height is under 24inches. And just think, as it splits you can sell off the babies to other hobbiests.