Anemone in FOWLR tank?

[BGFOWLRGUY]

I'd like to put an anemone in my 165 gal FOWLR tank? Fish are the following:

2 Dwarf angels
2 Blue damsels
2 Clownfish
2 Flame Hawkfish
1 Sailfin Tang
1 Blue Tang
1 Pakistan Butterfly
1 One Spot Foxface Rabbitfish
3 Chromis

Nitrates are at 40 ppm. Working on getting that down with bio-pellets, reduced feeding, & increased water changes. Lighting is 4-36" white/blue TrueLumen Pro LED strips. Does anything above jump out at you as a possible reason for failure? Thanks in advance for any replies.

 

[seamonkey84]

Your lighting is iffy depending on how far your rocks are from the lights. I keep my nems under LEDs but I'm using fixtures with 3w emitters with optics.

 

[BGFOWLRGUY]

Thanks for the reply. I could place the anemone 9" from the lights if it wanted to stay on the highest rocks.

 

[D-Nak]

Nitrates seem a bit high. If you had a nem like a magnifica it'd be wandering all over the place. Also, the butterfly may nip on the nem, but it depends on the butterfly's personality and the nem you decide to get (some may be more tasty than others)..

 

[HumbleFish]

IF your clowns host and are large enough to defend the nem, the butterfly shouldn't be a problem. I don't know anything about LED lights... but IME most nems are very sensitive to nitrates (more so than corals), so you gotta get & keep that down.

 

[BGFOWLRGUY]

Thanks for the replies. I won't even think about adding one until the nitrates are down.

 

[hollyk]

I honestly don't know a whole lot about it, as I haven't kept an anemone, but I'll say that my decision to not keep an anemone was intentional and one that I didn't want to make. :-( But after doing a lot of research on it, they are just supposed to be very difficult to properly care for (although someone who actually has one might testify differently!). I guess they need a lot of water movement in the tank, as well as good lighting. Also, not all anemones host all clownfish species, so make sure that the anemone you want to add is compatible with your types of clowns (assuming you want them to be compatible). In general, just make sure that you've done enough research before taking one on. I kept hearing stories about people whose anemones only lasted 3 months, as one thing or another went wrong. Sounds like they're just super sensitive. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, because I would love to add one to my tank if possible! :-D

 

[BGFOWLRGUY]

Thanks for the reply. I've done a lot of research too and they do seem difficult to keep if you don't have the parameters right. I don't want to add one and watch it slowly die.

 

[hollyk]

Thanks for the reply. I've done a lot of research too and they do seem difficult to keep if you don't have the parameters right. I don't want to add one and watch it slowly die.

That's exactly how I feel. I'd love to have one, but not if I don't think I can properly care for it.

 

[seamonkey84]

Honestly as long as your lights are good and your tank is stable, a bubble tip anemone is fairly hardy. The big problem with nems is phosphates and high nitrates