nem only tank
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cichlidconvert
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I have a 46bow that has 8 BTA's in it and a couple assorted zoa's, paly's, an elegance, a couple torches and softies. But the tank is all about the BTA's. I recently added a mag that didnt make it. You can check it out in "My BTA tank build" it has lots of video. I have a nano carpet tank also that is getting ready to unveil soon.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2122439
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2122439
very cool. i was thinking of doing a custom shallow tank, similar to a frag tank, with low profile shelf rock. i'm not sure if i could get away with bare bottom as i want to keep a variety of nems. i know the bubbles are going to be attached to the rocks, but what about the sand-dwelling nems? would they be ok on glass? also need to figure out filtration as i don't have room for another sump. not sure how much waste they expell, but i could do weekly water changes. maybe a hob filter with carbon or chemi-pure.
cichlidconvert
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I had 9 nems in 20 with a hob running chemi pure and phosphate pad material. No sump or protien skimmer :O ! But it had a hob breeder (made by Marina)that I ran a pump to it and stuffed it with macro. Between all that I had pretty stable water parameters even with 9 nems and 4 fish. Just had to keep up on wc's. And if you want sand dwelling nems you need at least 4 inches of sand IMO. They seem to like to use the sand to protect their base.
Catchoftheday
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If you are not going to have a Sand Bed I would stay away from sand dwelling Anemones as they use the sand to protect their base. I would stick with Rock dwelling Anemones now you have to figure out do you want Hosting Nems or Non Hosting Nems . In my opinion BTA are the best to keep . I think when you get the hang of that maybe start with some that are more considered an Expert level nem such as a Heteractis magnifica or a gigantea carpet anemone .
good advice. i was thinking about dividing the tank with eggcrate and acrylic to keep rock dwelling away from sand. not sure i want to add carpets to this setup.
Catchoftheday
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Just Keep one thing in mind Mixing different species of Anemones in the same tank is not a good idea the will have a chemical warfare i would start with the same kind of Nems just different colors . I know you will read that some people do mix Nems but if you want the best results just stick with one kind
thanks, that will be part of my research.
Catchoftheday
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You are welcome .
lanceiswaiting
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I've got a BTA tank. Here's a pic. I currently have 22 nems. The main issue is when they wander towards power heads. It happens from time to time, but I love the look of all those tentacles swaying in the current and my clown perched amongst them. I do have to do weekly water changes to keep the nitrates down though.
Ron Reefman
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I have a 70g hexagon tank attached to my system (see sig below) that has been developing over 2 years. I originally was going to do a seahorse tank, but decided it wasn't a good fit, so I'm doing anemones instead. I started with a purple tip cody, and in order have added: a huge green rhodactis, a green condy, 2 stone flowers (and one put out several 'pups'), 3 corkscrews and a good sized LTA, added about 6 weeks ago. I have a RBTA, a green BTA and some maxi minis in other tanks that will be added in soon. So far there has been no obvious warfare between the anemones. They are all just out of reach of each other and they have all stayed in place, more of less. I've had a stone flower move and 2 corkscrews have moved. But they have been smaller anemones and once they found homes they have been stable and appear to be doing fine. There is a mated pair of clowns (female is a cinnamon and the male is a tomato) along with a small blenny. I just added an orange file fish to help fight the aiptasia growth (I let it get out of control, my bad). The blenny has been in the tank for well over a year and so far both he and the file fish have avoided all the anemones. The clowns use the purple tipped condy as a host. The purple tip condy, the stone flowers and the corkscrew anemones were all collected in the Keys over the last 3 years (a couple of these were in my old 75g DT before I set up the current system).
The nem tank has less flow than the 180g DT and it is circular flow around the outer edge of the tank (being a hexagon). There is 1 MJ powerhead with a cheap rotating head for some random flow. The back half of the tank is rubble LR piled into a hill up against the back glass and the front half is 2" of fine sand. I have some red macro algae in there as well, and it grows better here than the chaeto in the refugium. I do not run carbon. I use filter socks on 2 of the 5 drains and not the drain from the nem tank. I have quite a bit of LR in the system and a 2' x 2' refugium with a DSB. The DT is loaded with a variety of corals, mostly lps and sps. The nem tank has a 250w MH and t5 actinics.
I hope some of that info is helpful. Good luck.
The nem tank has less flow than the 180g DT and it is circular flow around the outer edge of the tank (being a hexagon). There is 1 MJ powerhead with a cheap rotating head for some random flow. The back half of the tank is rubble LR piled into a hill up against the back glass and the front half is 2" of fine sand. I have some red macro algae in there as well, and it grows better here than the chaeto in the refugium. I do not run carbon. I use filter socks on 2 of the 5 drains and not the drain from the nem tank. I have quite a bit of LR in the system and a 2' x 2' refugium with a DSB. The DT is loaded with a variety of corals, mostly lps and sps. The nem tank has a 250w MH and t5 actinics.
I hope some of that info is helpful. Good luck.
