wicked_NaCl_h2o
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I have added a green bta to my tank at 5 months almost 6 months. It did very well in fact I thought it was a rose but it was just a green bta that lost its color. This is a poll to figure out who follows the 6 month rule.
Curiosity gets the best of us.
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SPARTAN VI
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I only waited about 3 months, then again, had I done my research I would have waited at least 6 months. It's only a Condy.. I'll probably trade it out for a BTA or something else in the future anyway. "Training wheels," if you will. 
spellbound
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I waited 6 months. Just at 6 months. I added a GBTA. It is still doing great. It is huge when it opens up all the way. It has been in the tank about 3 months and has doubled in size. I feed it 3 times a week.
Toddrtrex
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With my first two tanks I waited at least a year -- was right when I got into the hobby, and the LFSs I went to didn't carry much. (( and this was over 15 years ago ))
However, about 7 months ago I set up another tank, excluding the cycle time I put an anemone in there after it being up for a month. When ever I recommend that someone waits 6 months it is usually for someone new to the hobby -- gives them time to learn their tank and give them time to settle into it.
However, about 7 months ago I set up another tank, excluding the cycle time I put an anemone in there after it being up for a month. When ever I recommend that someone waits 6 months it is usually for someone new to the hobby -- gives them time to learn their tank and give them time to settle into it.
SNAKEMANVET
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I waited only 3 weeks,I started with live sand and rock from another tank, and do 25% water changes weekly.The anemones were added on the 5th week, and that was 4 months ago. They have been doing great. The 6 month rule mostly goes to the newbies. Just my .02 .
wicked_NaCl_h2o
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If you have any species of a carpet anemone you would wait for your tank to be at least a year old..right? Or does this only apply to newbies again?
I think a better measure of when to add an anemone is: how stable is the tank? The tank needs to completely cycle, including the nitrates going down to an undetectable level. Plenty of microfauna should be working in the sand-- pods, bristle worms, mysids. Generally this is going to take at least a couple of months (assuming live sand and live rock are in the tank). I would want the diatom bloom that always happens at the beginning to completely disappear. I'm with the others that said a newbie should wait 6 months to get husbandry under their belts.
Haddonisreef
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I bought a new tank and put all cured LR and some ls and put a anemone in there in a few days but hey thats me! If it was just regular sand that would probably not be doable
