Haddoni in a 75g? good idea or bad?

[unbreakable]

If i were to make an anemone tank for my 75g and add BTAs and one haddoni, would it be okay? i understand that they get pretty large, but not sure how safe it would be around other fish?

i have a vortech pump, T5HO for lighting, nw150 for a skimmer, 3"-4" sandbed, 80lbs of LR, and run a phosphate reactor. not sure if that mattered or not

right now it only has 1 fish, a yellow coris wrasse

 

[JLopez]

well...my friend had one that ate his achilles tang. pretty expensive snack...

 

[unbreakable]

thats what i was worried about :\ so the fish just accidentally bump into them or do they just not realize the danger they pose?

 

[jubjub]

probably just dont realize what kind of danger they pose.....

kinda like a caveman saw some gold wire hooked up to a transformer pushing 10000v into it for the first time...you be like ooooh shiney pretty not knowing what it is...it zaps ya....hard lesson learned right....

 

[Toddrtrex]

I have had a Haddoni in my 75 for 8+ years, and it is still doing great. Though I would caution about mixing it with a BTA, mine was happier after I removed my BTAs from that tank. Stopped moving around as often and was more open. It might work fine for you, but that is what I noticed.

I currently have 3 Haddonis, and in all the time that I have had them, I have only lost two fish, a yellow watchman goby and a Mandarin.

 

[unbreakable]

Do they attach to the rockwork or substrate? I'm thinking if that won't work out I could try an lta and multiple bta

Would the black saddleback clownfish be hosted by any of the above anemones?

tod, do they stretch out or keep their folds?

 

[Toddrtrex]

Haddoni prefer being in the sand bed, most of the time with their foot under a rock.

Saddlebacks are naturally hosted by Haddoni ( though I have had a BTA host a saddleback pair in the past.

Most of mine lay flat,

 

[Apercula]

Mine, also in a 75g, tends to be somewhat upright, but thats because it still has its foot back in a cave from when it didnt like my flow pattern.

Before I fixed the flow to its liking it opened flat but shaded, now it stretches out to get full light but seems to like its foot where it origionally planted.

 

[unbreakable]

they look awesome. do they stretch out because theres less flow or because theres not enough light? is it kind of like when a BTA loses its bubbles?

 

[Toddrtrex]

In my case I believe it is related to getting the flow right for them. Lighting isn't an issue.

 

[unbreakable]

would strong flow cause them to fold up instead of closing? i have a vortech powerhead and two tunze 6025s that i could use, also have tunze 6080s but that would be too much for the tank

 

[Haddonisreef]

When curent is picking up the rim of anemone curent is to strong!Mine tend to stretch out flat aginst the rock when they are happy!