Maxi Mini Carpet Anemones

[Scott07]

Does anyone have experience or helpful tips for these guys? I'm cycling a 5.5 nano that I'm planning on devoting completely to these and a harem of sexy shrimp. I'm hoping this will be a pretty basic tank, as it'll be my third current tank, and my sps 20 is already enough of a handful lol. Info I've found indicates they're pretty hardy anemones... but id like to hear that from someone who has kept them hopefully. Is a couple months enough time for a new tank before I start looking? Or do these nems really require a very mature tank to do alright?

 

[NYCBOB]

I find them to be hardy abd not as sensitive as bta or carpet anemones. They will need strong light to thrive. They don't move much. Weekly feeding is highly recommended.

 

[Scott07]

I find them to be hardy abd not as sensitive as bta or carpet anemones. They will need strong light to thrive. They don't move much. Weekly feeding is highly recommended.

Thanks for the input. I've got a decent led fixture on the tank that I had laying around from another nano... I think it should be plenty of light, but I wish I had known to invest in something with adjustable color temperature when I bought it initially. Feeding I'll probably start off every other day or so until I fine tune everyone needs...

 

[organism]

They're really hardy and do great in pretty much any tank. You don't need a ton of light for them, some of mine prefer lower blue light and would torch under strong lighting, but imo they look best under light with a bluer spectrum and tend to get a little washed out with whiter spectrum. It's not ideal that your color temperature isn't adjustable, but can you have the blues on separately from the whites, or are all of the bulbs on all the time?

As far as feeding them every other day, personally I wouldn't. They do great with little to no food, in my tank they get no food, and you have a 5.5 gallon so you probably don't need dirty water and rapidly growing anemones. Feeding the shrimp harem isn't a bad plan, but the anemones don't need it. Basically they'll be more than happy if you just throw them in there and forget about them.

 

[enchelycore808]

Same comments as above. Super easy anemones that don't need bright lights. Mine always move to the shaded side of my tank. I usually feed 1-2 a week but you don't need to. I'd say they are one of the few anemones I'd recommend for a tank that size.

 

[Scott07]

They're really hardy and do great in pretty much any tank. You don't need a ton of light for them, some of mine prefer lower blue light and would torch under strong lighting, but imo they look best under light with a bluer spectrum and tend to get a little washed out with whiter spectrum. It's not ideal that your color temperature isn't adjustable, but can you have the blues on separately from the whites, or are all of the bulbs on all the time?

As far as feeding them every other day, personally I wouldn't. They do great with little to no food, in my tank they get no food, and you have a 5.5 gallon so you probably don't need dirty water and rapidly growing anemones. Feeding the shrimp harem isn't a bad plan, but the anemones don't need it. Basically they'll be more than happy if you just throw them in there and forget about them.

Right.... I wish I had just gotten a single radion unit back when I purchased the light, but the point of this particular tank was to kind of just put something together with what equipment I already have laying around. I can turn the blue channel on separately, kind of a moonlight effect. Do you think I'm better off doing this for a few hours a day? or should I maybe get a small accent strip to supplement?

 

[shred5]

I have several in my tank in different spots with 5 sexy shrimp. The sexy shrimp move from anemone to anemone at night. During the day I have to count the shrimp and figure out which anemone they moved to, sometimes they split up.. It is really cool their association and fun to watch...

Mine have caught fish so be careful if you put fish in with them in a small tank.

They dont require much different care from any other anemone.

They do like to be fed.