Keeping RBTA

[lsingh]

hi u all..i hve a 57 gl display tank under 300wt of MH...
my tank is fully Lps dominated tank mainly with high end chalices and sme softies...

All these years been in maintaining reef tank I hve always hesitate to keep an anemone thinking it tends to move a lot and will sting and destroy my corals when i am not hme...I am pretty busy with my wrk and dnt get hme till night...

would really like to keep a RBTA now and need sme info that how much they tend to move and what r the things i need to keep in mind while my anemone is acclimating and not settle yet...water and light parameters...any info should help..
thinking about goin with small RBTA if that is much more easy to keep...

thanks

 

[bradleym]

BTAs will move a lot if they are not satisfied with their location. You will want very clean water, and IMO, a decent amount (but not ALOT) of flow. They also need a good amount of light, but 300w should be fine. You're best bet is to set it in the tank on a night before you have the day off. Put it in before the lights are out then let it move around again overnight. In the morning, move anything it is touching. With any luck, it will pick a place that it likes and stay put, but there are no guarantees.