Anemone for my reef?

[jackinfobo]

Hello everyone, I would really like to get a bubble tip anemone for my reef tank. Would this be fine or would it become a problem? I don't have too many corals yet because my tank is just over a year old. Will this anemone find a spot and stay there once it finds a good spot, or will it keep moving? I'm just afraid of it constantly moving and stinging my corals. Any info would be much appreciated since I don't know much about anemones, thanks.

 

[austinh]

well ill start with the usual ?s how big is your tank ...IME bubble tips tend to wander till they find a good spot, sometimes they stay, some time they dont as far as any other type im not sure cause ive only had btas

 

[nikon187]

need more info about the tank. Size, lighting, water flow, age ect. Anemones don't do well in tanks that are new ( under 8mths old) Bubble tips usually move around at first but can move after being in a spot for years. There is no way of telling if it will move in time.

 

[jackinfobo]

The tank is a 37gal, I use a 250w halide pendant with a 14k bulb, the water flow is very high, the aquarium is over a year old, my water quality is good, and I unfortunately purchased a wild caught ocellaris clown as my first fish instead of a capitive one. He tries to use a small patch of green star polyps as his home and I thought he would really like an anemone since he was wild, and I really want one too!

 

[jeff@zina.com]

A bubble tip will likely do fine in your tank

Jeff

 

[jackinfobo]

Do you think the anemone could bother my sea apple?

 

[Toddrtrex]

JMO -- I am not a fan of BTAs (( E Quadricolor )) in mixed reef tanks, even less so in smaller tanks. First, they take up too much rock real estate. Second, a while the "mother" might stay in place, the clones will move. For a mixed reef tank, I tend to prefer a sand dwelling anemone.

 

[nikon187]

most bubble tip anemones do not like high flow.