anemone in a 10 gallon tank???

MD Ocean Girl

MD Ocean Girl

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I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this question, but I'm pretty new to both RC and saltwater tanks.....

I have a 10 gallon nano tank that I have two clownfish for, and I'd like to have an anemone for them if possible. First, is the tank too small to have an anemone in? Secondly, if not, what type(s) of anemones would work? And thirdly, how much light would I need to keep the anemone happy?

Any suggestions would be really appreciated. Thanks so much!

- Karen
 
People have said they have kept nems under pc lighting but I have no experience with that. That being said I would think that a 2 or 4x24w of T5's would do the trick, or maybe a 70w halide. Hopefully others will chime in!

Also...be weary and research! If you are new to the hobby, a 10g nano can be a tricky venture in itself...adding a nem to the equation adds to the difficulty for sure. Typically you want to add a nem to an established, proven system. I'm not saying you can't pull it off, but do know that you will have to be vigilant and stay on top of water parameters.
 
Like said already if u have the lighting and flow u can keep one .keep up on water changes cause a 10g will get dirty easily. If u get a nem in a 10g it will out grow u will basically have a nem tank.

I'm not going to say u can cause I had a 10g w. 2clowns and a nem with no issus
 
I had a 12g with two clowns and an rbta under PC lighting. It did just fine. I actually had other club members ask why my nem looked so good. With nems its all about water quality (as already stated). As long as you keep up on your water changes it will be happy. When it gets large, force it to split. When it splits, sell or trade it. As wetbehindears said though, with that size tank, its basically a nem tank and thats how I treated mine.

I have pics on my other computer, if I can get it running, I will post a pic or two of it.
 
Karen,

I'd wait until you upgrade to a bigger tank. Keeping conditions stable in a small tank are tough. Like Justin said do some research before you do anything and this is a good place to start.

You could always throw in a frogspawn or torch with hopes that the clowns will host.
 
jmo

jmo

a 10 gallon tank is too small for host anemones except (maybe) the beaded anemone Heteractis aurora
A Clownfish/ BTA anemone combo deserves at least a 30 IMO.
 
I have an RBTA in my 29G - given the chance to do it again, I would probably not get the RBTA. I feel like there's not enough space for the RBTA (which split and now both are randomly stingy whatever they please), or for a clown pair for that matter......
But you might end up feeling differently - your decision ultimately! :)
 
You could do a species tank, but with a small tank stability is often problematic as has been said. You'll definitely want an ATO system, and a ritualistic small water change schedule (like 2g per week, always). Also, you need to light it as you know, and that can lead to temperature fluctuations in such a small body of water. There are unfortunately no T5s for a 10g tank, PCs and halides put out tons of heat. If you use fans to cool, you will lose a lot of water, hence the ATO will be necessary.

Personally I'd go with a yellow leather as a host (they are gorgeous!). I'd avoid any lps that are known to have long sweepers. If you do decide to do the nem and clowns, then find someone with a nem that splits while small. There seem to be some that get to 10" then split, and others that split while small. All this said, a 10g will be OK for about a year for a small pair of ocellaris clowns. It is unsuitable for any of the larger clown species (maroons, for instance.)

(personally, I'd tear down that 30g FW tank and set up a 30g SW tank.:D )

gl,
-A
 
Angela, lol. I would tear it down in an instant if I had a house. I'd throw those fish in a 125 with the goldies and let them battle it out, as my goldies seem to have no issues with warmer water :wildone:

Thanks for all the advice, everyone. I really don't want to do just a nem/clown tank, so I'll look into other options for a potential host for the clowns. I'm really vigilant with water quality and water changes in my freshwater tanks, so staying on top of this one should be no problem.

I ended up getting a light from Finnex. It's an Epoch cliplight, 26w. Looks like a PC. Spectrum is Blue-White, 30,000-10,000K. Has two LED lights on it as well. They say this bulb is equal to a regular 100w bulb. My tank is definitely brighter than before.

Here's the link to their site:

http://www.finnex.net/index.php?opt...ge.tpl&category_id=4&product_id=176&Itemid=61

I'm hoping this will work well for growing softies. Let me know what you think! Thanks so much! I'm definitely really appreciative of all the advice and all I've learned so far from everyone!

-Karen
 
I ran a 10g with 36w of PC light and it did well for softies and lps. I think you'll be OK. Worst case scenario you want a few higher light species and have to add one more. Good luck! :-D
-A
 
Don't worry about what you hear about how hard it is with a small tank. I got rid of my 90 gal and got a 29 gal biocube. It's the best move I made, nice and simple. I change 8 gal of water a week, and top off daily. No dosing, no complicated bs and my hands are out of the tank and I can just sit and enjoy it. My coral are doing much better as well.
 
That 26w Bulb is super bright, looks way better than I had thought. Just thought I would throw that out there. I see zero problems with softies and LPS in this tank(brighter than my first setup), just gotta keep her patient while it cycles ;)

I threw her some mushies for the time being :)
 
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