How long should I wait to add a BTA on new tank?

[ryguylears]

My tank cycled about a month and a half ago. Clean up crew has been doing well for a month, I have 2 clowns in qt for 2 days now.

I am really interested in seeing the clowns host an anenome, but have heard BTA needs an established tank.

So my question is how long should I wait to start looking at anenomes? Also, bubble tip seems like the go-to, but are there any other cool looking anenome that clowns will host?

 

[Thebigreefer]

I'm not an expert but from reading on this fourm most people say 6 months and the high end 12 months . Someone else can help clarify.

 

[enchelycore808]

The general recommendation on his forum seems to be about 6 months for stability. Placed nems in tanks fairly new but I was doing large weekly waterchanges.

 

[AdamNC]

I added mine to my latest tank at 5 months, not that I'd recommend it but I'm fairly confident in my reef keeping. So for the past 4 months it still looks good. But for anyone new to reef keeping, honestly, I'd wait til the 10 month mark.

 

[jonlovisolo]

Adam-

Did you place that anemone in the 29g tank in your sig?

 

[AdamNC]

Yes thats it with his Maroon Clown. I've been very lucky so far that he hasn't moved from that spot, seems to like the light and flow and I feed him once a week a small piece of krill.