Adding anemone to new tank with established water

Anarchy18

Anarchy18

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Title pretty much says it all. I am about to start up a nano tank for my desk at work and I want to have an anemone in it. I know usually you are supposed to wait at least 6 months to add a anemone to a tank but what if I'm using water from an already established tank, do I still have to wait as long?
 
"Established" water is just dirty water. The rocks are what make the difference. You need a tank full of established rock. I dump all the water out of my work nano every week, but everything stays healthy.
 
I have about 20lbs in my 150 tank which is the rocks that I'm going to use so in reality it's established live rock too. The only thing new would be the live sand
 
Give it a while, but the 6 month rule is often used not for the tank to get ready, but for the aquarist to learn how their tank works. Each tank is different even if it has the same equipment, so get the hang of this new nano, and once you get that rhythm going and everything is doing well with established rock, you could probably try a nem IMO.
 
Thanks. When it comes to having nano tanks its not my first one so I know first hands how problematic they can be. And anemones I've had experience too. But I get what ur saying.
 
how much much rock would you need in a 30 gallon tank for a anemone? i have a anemone waiting for me at my LFS store, they are good for holding, and they know where my tank is at now.. but rocks? i have about 11lbs so far.. should i buy more rock before i put in my anemone in?
 
Redhaloangel said:
how much much rock would you need in a 30 gallon tank for a anemone? i have a anemone waiting for me at my LFS store, they are good for holding, and they know where my tank is at now.. but rocks? i have about 11lbs so far.. should i buy more rock before i put in my anemone in?
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Typically you want to have a pound of live rock per gallon. I have a 30gallon in my room with a green bubble tip in it and I have about 30 something pounds.
 
oh wow.. ok then.. there was this awsome rock at the LFS that i loved but it was like 11 lbs by itself.. i wonder if it is still there.. (back to aquascaping again for me!)

oh another question.. is it save to move the rocks around and such while my tank is still cycling?
 
Anarchy18 said:
Typically you want to have a pound of live rock per gallon. I have a 30gallon in my room with a green bubble tip in it and I have about 30 something pounds.
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i just purchased a green bubble tip as well. it has purple dots at each end of the tips.. how big do they get? (it is still waiting at the LFS)

(this was my first quote.. was pretty excited about that.. lol)
 
Redhaloangel said:
oh wow.. ok then.. there was this awsome rock at the LFS that i loved but it was like 11 lbs by itself.. i wonder if it is still there.. (back to aquascaping again for me!)

oh another question.. is it save to move the rocks around and such while my tank is still cycling?
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IMO you can never have too much rock. The more rock the better natural filtration you have.

As for moving your rocks around during the cycle, I would say yes it's actually the best time to do it you don't have to worry about stressing your fish since there are non in there right now.
 
Anarchy18 said:
IMO you can never have too much rock. The more rock the better natural filtration you have.

As for moving your rocks around during the cycle, I would say yes it's actually the best time to do it you don't have to worry about stressing your fish since there are non in there right now.
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ok thankyou! that makes sense...
 
Redhaloangel said:
i just purchased a green bubble tip as well. it has purple dots at each end of the tips.. how big do they get? (it is still waiting at the LFS)

(this was my first quote.. was pretty excited about that.. lol)
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They can get pretty big. The one I have is about the size of a fist and the rose bubble I had was about the size of a lemon I guess. Which unfortunately now he's shrunk to the size of a quarter
 
how long do they take to grow? mine that is waiting for me is small, it is the size of the width of a 500ml water bottle.. (best i could describe..)
 
There to be honest I don't know. It really depends on your water quality lighting and how often you feed it.

Which FYI lighting is probably going to be one of the most important things that and water quality. Anemones require really high power lighting.
 
yeah i know about lighting.. i went and bought a light (corallife i think it is called) at a fish store in vancouver (next town over) and my LFS actutally almost got mad at the other store for selling me "cr@p" and well lets just say i took back that lighting and now i have a credit at that store, and my LFS is ordering me a 400$ illumilux?? i think that is that it is.. light.. (there are three of them that hes getting me for my 30 gallon..) (im just texting him asking what the light is....)
 
The more rock the better filtration, but for a BTA I would worry more about how established the rock is. E.g. Rock coming out of a long established reef tank without being out of water for too long = very established, sooner you will be ready for a BTA. But if the rock used to be dry rock and has only been alive for a few months, not very established.

That light will certainly be enough! (the new one that is)
 
Redhaloangel said:
he is getting me Vertex Illimilux x 3 (he just texted back.. thats how awsome my LFS is.. :D)
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I'm not familiar with that lighting fixture so I don't know what type of LEDs it uses but looking at the prices and the price you mentioned it would have been a whole lot cheaper doing a DIY LED project. I've made 3 panels for my 150g each panel containing 25 LED 3 and 5watt LED all together I spend 600. For that 30 gallon you would probable only need one. On my 30g I have a 60 watt LED fixture using 1 watt LEDs.
 
Hmmm each fixture is about100 ish.. I don't know much but at that other store I asked for all coral and he sold me the coral life and when I came back he said it is good for the soft corals so my LFS has the same lights three of them on his 20 gallon and it looks great.. (Another small tank to show ppl what it can look like.. It his partners tank
 
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