exclusive Anemone tank

[dirk_brijs]

was running around with the ide of creating an exclusive anemone tank with just some clowns in there nothing else.
Is this possible and can anemones be mixed if yes which ones can be mixed which ones not or better stick with just one kind??
Please advise.
Are there any threads with such tanks in here?

 

[jon1985]

I am in the process of doing something similar. I have a pair of gold stripe maroon clowns that love BTAs. The tank will have a few other fish, and a few corals but the main point of the tank is the anemones. I wouldnt recomend mixing different species of anemones together.

I had an LTA in my tank for 4 months, it never moved, deflated or let go. I introduced a BTA to the tank and the LTA started moving around. After a day of it moving it totally let go of the bottom and blew around the tank. My guess is that it didnt like the BTA and was trying to get away from it.

I now have 2 BTAs and soon to be more.

I would suggest sticking with whatever species of anemone your clowns naturaly host in.

 

[dirk_brijs]

would it be possible to keep known rock dwelling anemones like a magnifica for example and known sand dwellers like LTA,s or carpets for example in the same tank?
They should be able to avoid eachother no if given the right environment?
any ideas?
there will be absolutly no other living thing in the tank but anemones and clowns.

 

[2Addicted]

I would advise against mixing species. Get a couple different color morphs of bta. Check out the sticky at the top of this forum that says 27 clowns in the same tank

 

[2Addicted]

would it be possible to keep known rock dwelling anemones like a magnifica for example and known sand dwellers like LTA,s or carpets for example in the same tank?
They should be able to avoid eachother no if given the right environment?
any ideas?

The problem that you might face is chemical warfare. Anemones put different chemicals into the water that help them fight for space in the wild. When they do it in a little glass box it is pretty bad. You never know what species will be effected by another species. People say running carbon may solve this but i still wont do it. Also if you have rock dwelling and sand dwelling they will still eventually come into contact.

 

[Toddrtrex]

would it be possible to keep known rock dwelling anemones like a magnifica for example and known sand dwellers like LTA,s or carpets for example in the same tank?
They should be able to avoid eachother no if given the right environment?
any ideas?
there will be absolutly no other living thing in the tank but anemones and clowns.

Like others have mentioned, you might run into issues -- I have tried mixing species in the past, and will never do it again.

Also, with the example you sited, a Mag and an LTA, you would have other issues -- mainly flow -- Mags liking high flow, and LTA's preferring lower.

 

[jon1985]

I had the LTA flat on the bottom of my tank and the BTA up 14" off the bottom and no where near eachother, I am running carbon and the LTA still wasnt happy.

 

[gweston]

Sounds like it would be the same for a carpet and BTA then. I guess.

I was tossing around the idea of a 40B clown/nem tank, plumbed into the same system as a 55 sump and 125gal display (trigger tank). I was hoping to put a carpet nem in along with the BTAs.

Flow and filtration shouldn't be a prob as it will be far oversized for the system. Plus the water volume involved. But.. if the nems will duke it out with chemical warfare, I may need to rethink the plan a bit.

 

[Toddrtrex]

I tried an BTA (( E. Quadricolor )) and an S. Haddoni in the same tank -- the Haddoni wouldn't stay put until I removed all the BTAs.

For a 40 breeder, I would still with one species.

 

[mitsuklypse84]

several ppl have had success by using water flow from power heads to create "walls" that anemones wouldnt move past.could be a way to keep multiple species seperate.

 

[Sangogo]

I currently keep BTAs and Giganteas in my tank and haven't (YET) had a problem with this setup. Everyone stays where they are, unless I mess with the flow or the lighting. However, I try to take every precaution I can to keep the water clear. I run carbon and skim extremely wet (I fill my large skimmer cup in merely three to four days). This doesn't mean I recommend mixing anemones though. Just because I don't have a problem now doesn't mean I won't have one later.

I should also note that I had two previous BTAs that did not appear to enjoy sharing the tank with other anemones, even BTAs. In Japan, we have several types of anemones that seem to use the BTA label in English (Entacmaea ramsayi, maxima, sp. M, quadricolor, actinostoloides). Hard to tell them apart, but I haven't had luck mixing the types. All my BTAs currently are all actinostoloides (red) now and possibly had the same parent. These coexist fine with the giganteas. (FOR NOW)

I had an LTA briefly, and while that coexisted fine with BTAs, it did not coexist well with the carpets. I don't think I will be trying that again. In any case, I think chemical warfare is harder to avoid as the tank gets smaller. In my previous 50 gallon, mixing anemones got me much more disastrous results than in my current 130 gallon.

 

[danreefs]

I tried an BTA (( E. Quadricolor )) and an S. Haddoni in the same tank -- the Haddoni wouldn't stay put until I removed all the BTAs.

For a 40 breeder, I would still with one species.

Like Todd i had a S.Haddoni with a LTA and all the Haddoni did was move closer to the LTA all the time. When i moved the LTA out my Haddoni stoped moving.

 

[2Addicted]

several ppl have had success by using water flow from power heads to create "walls" that anemones wouldnt move past.could be a way to keep multiple species seperate.

You still might have to deal with chemical warfare, also it wont be easy to handle that much flow without a bb tank.