Carpet anemone bio-load

[stickleback]

Does any one have any idea what sort of bio-load a carpet nem has on a system. For example is a 12" gigantea which gets feed a half inch cube of mysis once a week, equal to a days bio-load for a fish population thats feed a half inch cube of mysis dayly?

What I'm trying to understand is whether nems are closer to corals where you can potentially cram them in a tank, or whether the are closer to fish where stocking levels need to be controlled.

 

[Blitzburggirl]

Good question! I can say that I have a 60 cube, with a S. gigantea in it, and, I seem to have a more difficult time with water parameters than I ever have before. I only have 2 fish, and feed minimally, but have to keep up on water changes.

 

[Reefvette]

They def with 100 percent out a doubt add to the bioload. They eat, they poop they digest.

 

[rssjsb]

Someone around here (sugar magnolia, maybe?) had a post awhile back talking about her struggle to keep nitrates (and the resulting pest algae) down in a tank with more than one gig in it. I believe she decided to give up trying to keep corals or fish other than clowns in the tank.

My impression is that gigs, maybe by virtue of their size or something about their metabolisms, contribute more to the bioload than other anemones. I don't know that the calculus is the same for other anemones. People seem to have success keeping several BTAs together, for example.

 

[taylor t]

They def with 100 percent out a doubt add to the bioload. They eat, they poop they digest.

I have found this true with my system also. They definately add to the load more than I thought they would.

 

[phender]

Anemones in general tend to shed a lot of slime that needs to be processed by the bio-filter(whatever that may be) in your tank.