Any other "Amemone Safe" fish?

[Ratkiller]

I'm looking for a fish, other than a clown, that will be able to live with an indo- rbt in a 9g nano. The rbt takes up almost half of the tank so anything swimming around will eventually be touched by one of the tentacles. The fish doesn't have to host it, but it has to be able to survive the touch/sting.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[38bill]

RBTA's are not known to have a strong sting like other anemones. My fish are running into mine all the time and don't even seem to notice.

 

[bradleym]

Many fish can put up with the sting, but you should know that a RBTA usually gets about 10 inches or bigger. It will end up being a lot more than half the tank in under a year if you aren't careful.

 

[Jamie1210]

an occasional touch from a RBTA is ok, but in a tank that small w/the BTA eventually taking up the entire tank, that fish is going to have to endure a whole lot more than an occasional brush w/the BTA, and that is going to be detrimental to its health. For the long-term health of the fish AND the BTA, i really suggest a bigger tank for it.

 

[velvetelvis]

I agree with the other posters that you need a much bigger tank for the BTA. But once you upsize, a very nice and natural combination (if you don't want to keep clownfish) would be a mated pair of captive-bred Banggai cardinalfish. They actually hide in and around anemones in the wild. (Note that in spite of the picture below, Banggais fight with each other in captivity and, like clownfish, are best kept in mated pairs.)

Banggais & anemone in the wild