anemone tank size??

[CoralReeferGal]

A 30 would be big enough for a BTA. My LFS says minimum of 30 for them, but again that can depend on who you ask. Its really up to you if you want to keep the 10 or go with something a little bigger. Can you exchange the light for a bigger one if that's what you decide to do? You don't particularly NEED a sump for that small of a tank either, but it is nice to have it to hide your equipment, even if it's only a heater, as well as any dosing and water top off. It's better to add anything through your sump as opposed to directly in the tank.

 

[CoralReeferGal]

Starfish can eat corals. (we learned this the hard way lol) most of them are not reefsafe, and just to play it safe, as much as I want one, we still wont risk it even for one that says it should be reef safe. We had 1 clam, so I'm not much of an expert on them, but I do know they can grow to be huge. Again, that would probably be fine to start, as long as it moves to the bigger tank, I dont think a clam would be OK long term in a smaller tank. (could be wrong here, as I said we only had 1, and it only lived for about 2 months. Still not sure what exactly took it out.)

 

[Redhaloangel]

i think ill keep my 10 gallon for a while.. i just started it.,. and i might be holding onto a 75 gallon for someone.. i dunno! so there might be an anemone in that one allready! (i think ill find out tonight about that 75 gallon that i will be holding on to untill they come back if they come back.. haha i might just end up with three tanks in my little trailer.. (getting the floors re-enforced so no accidents..lol)

 

[Redhaloangel]

hmmm i got a few ideas for starfish that shold be reef safe that i researched and talked to my store here locally.. but we will see.. now big should a quarentine tank should be?? and do you need the heater and pump and skimmer for that tank as well?? i heard a quarentine tank is a good idea.... just any suggestions for that would be great as well..

 

[10galclowns]

Get a bta I have a 10 gal with 2 rbta


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[Redhaloangel]

thankyou

 

[dc]

hmmm i got a few ideas for starfish that shold be reef safe that i researched and talked to my store here locally.. but we will see.. now big should a quarentine tank should be?? and do you need the heater and pump and skimmer for that tank as well?? i heard a quarentine tank is a good idea.... just any suggestions for that would be great as well..

Depends on what kind of starfish you get. Some are not very safe.

Go up to the New to the hobby forum and read some of the stickies there. Lot's of good advice and you'll have lot's of time to research what you want.

There are so many ways to do things, if you find a poster you like what they have, follow their advice and see how they do things. You can find so many opinions you'll get frustrated.

This is a hobby that nothing good usually happens fast. A lot of patience is required.

 

[CoralReeferGal]

10galclowns, those nem's will outgrow a 10 QUICK... its too small for 1 let alone 2! Do what you want, but don't get upset if it fails when numerous people advised against it.

hmmm i got a few ideas for starfish that shold be reef safe that i researched and talked to my store here locally.. but we will see.. now big should a quarentine tank should be?? and do you need the heater and pump and skimmer for that tank as well?? i heard a quarentine tank is a good idea.... just any suggestions for that would be great as well..

A qt tank should be big enough to comfortably house the biggest fish you'll want for a short period of time. We only have a 10 gal qt but it seems most people have a 20 gal long. You need a heater, power heads and filter, you don't need a Skimmer. Depending if you want to have it set up in case of illness and you want to be able to use it for anemones and corals as well, you'll also need good lights (t5s). If it will be fish only qt you do not need any sand or live rock and you can use basic (cheap) lights. Put a few pieces of PVC in for the fish to swim through and hide in, but you don't need anything else in there.

 

[CoralReeferGal]

Depends on what kind of starfish you get. Some are not very safe.

Go up to the New to the hobby forum and read some of the stickies there. Lot's of good advice and you'll have lot's of time to research what you want.

There are so many ways to do things, if you find a poster you like what they have, follow their advice and see how they do things. You can find so many opinions you'll get frustrated.

This is a hobby that nothing good usually happens fast. A lot of patience is required.

+1 +1 +1 a million times! LOL... I have gotten frustrated with so many varying ways of doing things, and in the end you need to try things out and find what works best for you. We do some things very untraditionally, but it works for us.

 

[Redhaloangel]

Thanks everyone! Yea I been searching this site, and emailing stores for advice..... Once I get my 125 gal il get acquire tine tank in.. I think my biggest will b a powder brown tang.. I was told I can have 4 big..( no bigger than 8") and 2 med and like 5/6 small fish.. This sound right forvac125 gal tank?

 

[CoralReeferGal]

yeah that sounds about right to me. We used to go off the 1 inches of fish per 3 gallons, but as someone told me, 3 inches of tang is much more than 3 inches of clown fish, so it's not very accurate to go by. We planned on approx 3 large, 2 medium and about 5 small once we upgrade to the 120, so thats not much less than you were thinking. Also, as long as you get the large fish small, they will be fine in a small QT. For example, a baby tang that is only 2 inches (but will reach 8-10 once full grown) will be just fine in a 20 gal QT for a few weeks. You don't need to have a huge QT tank, it will only cost you more money in the long run to keep 2 large tanks fully equipped and running. JMHO though. We'll have probably a 20 or 30 gal QT for our upgrade, only because most likely our large fish will be on the larger side when we get them.

 

[Redhaloangel]

I just switched it up to a 30 gallon tank that I got for 30$!! So now I should be able to have a anemone comfortably with a pair of clowns