Does this count as established tank for anemone?

[Fitz19d]

So I bought a huge RBTA at a local place due to girlfriend urging. I'm working on moving into a 210g. I was going to put it in first to let it find a place it likes before transfering corals etc.

I have set aside about 120 gallons of water that has like 150lbs of liverock that was already cycled at the end of a month in a 125 and then a little more than a month in the tubs further cooking/waiting.

I'll have another 50lbs or so of rock coming from my cram packed 55g/sump/30g mantis tank that is around a year old. I would be running the 210g with the 150lb rocks water and fresh saltwater in just the 215, then use the tanks being transfered in for the last 75g to fill the sump.

Think this should be stable enough? I had a small rose fairly early on and was fine until an aiptasia grew up underneath it.

 

[cet98]

Imo....no

and I've never heard of an aiptasia anemone killing a BTA either....

 

[Fitz19d]

Big one grew up underneath it from behind and in a rock. Was there probably at least a week. Made the RBTA look kinda burned up and scarred/lost tentacles on that side. It lingered on 2 months before croaking. Was a shame as it was a rescue that had colored up nice from 4months before.


What would I be lacking to make it established if the rock is all either established or at least 2-3 months living? Idea was it was basically a tank transfer more than a new tank.

 

[MacWilliams]

Once you move the rock and water into the tank you should give it a few weeks for the mini cycle that is bound to happen before adding the anemone. Where is the anemone now?

 

[Fitz19d]

One of my LFS

 

[cet98]

What would I be lacking to make it established if the rock is all either established or at least 2-3 months living? Idea was it was basically a tank transfer more than a new tank.

an established tank, IMO, is defined as an existing system that has been running for a minimum of one year, undisturbed, and is stable by way of consistant good water conditions/parameters...

unless I am misunderstanding you, to say you have LR that had be "cycling" for the last month or so does not mean you will not have mini-cycles and possible diatom and algae blooms. On top of that, I presume you will adding new substrate which will also need time to become established and stable...

again, this is only my opinion by experience and IMO "stable enough" is not good enough...

there are countless threads with posts from reefers far more experienced than I that recommend a minimum 6-12 month old established aquariums for successful anemone keeping...

In the end the choice is yours....but you did ask for opinions...

GL

 

[Fitz19d]

The substrate is a good point.

I maybe wasn't very intelligible when talking about some of the rock. I meant basically it has had a month and a half since the end of a cycle and has been getting ghost fed. That's on top of a 55g/sump + 29g chock full of rock that is 1yr old established.



Another thought would be keep it in a 40b setup just with heater/PH, water from a water change + existing 1yr old live rock. Bring it home with the big rock it's on and there ya go? (No substrate)

That or leave 20 lbs of old liverock in the 55. Once the rest is moved, put the RBTA in there with it's big rock. There I'd have established and should be more than enough rock for the bioload from a single nem. I can then move it down the road or I had debated making a separate nem tank.

 

[shifty51008]

the rock may be cured but it doesn't have the bacteria enough as an established tank which is why it may go through mini cycles still.

 

[tatuaje08]

an established tank, IMO, is defined as an existing system that has been running for a minimum of one year, undisturbed, and is stable by way of consistant good water conditions/parameters...

unless I am misunderstanding you, to say you have LR that had be "cycling" for the last month or so does not mean you will not have mini-cycles and possible diatom and algae blooms. On top of that, I presume you will adding new substrate which will also need time to become established and stable...

again, this is only my opinion by experience and IMO "stable enough" is not good enough...

there are countless threads with posts from reefers far more experienced than I that recommend a minimum 6-12 month old established aquariums for successful anemone keeping...

In the end the choice is yours....but you did ask for opinions...

GL

No. Mistake #1 is trying to put a timeframe on what 'established' means. Logic states each tank is different and can take different amounts of time to become established.

 

[michael.lemke]

Dude, get that 40 up and running ASAP. Let it sit for as long as you can with your best and oldest rock. Use a bacteria supplement to help ya out. Go bare bottom in it. We'll get that 210 going and slowly add stuff. You are going to see a small cycle even with (water that doesn't have much bacteria) and rock. It seems to cycle a bit every time. Most likely the cycle will be small but don't get in a hurry! Remember what happened to me! Ps, glad to hear from ya here. Lol