can anemones be kept in reef tanks

[crackeradam]

I have a pair of 110s main tank consits of large open brains smallest is 8 in fullopened mushrooms loots of zoos a few frogspawns fairly large insize 10in spread on one and 12-15 spread on the other and a few misc leathers. It there a good speciame that anybody recomends that won't move around to mch that my pair of black percs would be happy with. right now they are pestering the hell out of huge mushroom that spreads almost 14 in untill I put him into the main tank. now he never comes out.

 

[angelfishman]

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bta are one easiest to keep but tend to move about a lot if not happy.carpet anemones are less prone to moving but if they do they will make a mess of all your corals.if you are really set on getting an anemone try getting a bta and see if it will settle down ok.derek

 

[bureau13]

Percs don't naturally host BTAs though. Sometimes they do...but often they don't. I'm not 100% sure (check the host anemone faq in one of the stickies) but I don't think they naturally host S. haddoni either. (your garden variety carpet)

jds

 

[GSMguy]

there is no such thing as a black perc

you might have "black" A. Ocellaris

or "onyx" A. Percula

or A. Polymnus

those big mushrooms can eat clownfish be carefull.


once we figure out what kind of clown you really have they we can suggest an anemone.