Tank buy

[Deton8it]

I found a smoking deal from someone that wants out of the hobby. He is selling me his fully loaded 55g Flat Back Hex. I just want the live rock and livestock and not the tank. He has an empty 93g Cube that I am interested in though. I want to buy the 93 and stock it with all the Green and Red BTAs from the 55hex. While I am getting everything set up and dialed it, I plan on putting the BTAs in plastic baskets and hanging them in my 125. Here is the question, Should I separate the RBTAs from GBTAs or does it matter? If everything works out right I will be doing a BTA, clownfish harem tank.

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Doesn't matter.

 

[Deton8it]

Doesn't matter.

Thank you. I didn't think it would but I didn't want to risk it. He has about 18 total. If my count was right he had about 10 GBTAs and 8 RBTAs. I may be off though. Some were pretty small. I actually went to look at the coral, the BTAs were a bonus.

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Just how small? They could be Mojano's. There are Majanos that look like both green and red bubble tip anemones, even down to the bubbles. Need pictures to ID.

 

[Deton8it]

No they were BTAs. The small ones were about 2" across.

 

[Deton8it]

Here is a crappy phone pic. As you can see all of the BTAs are slightly bleached. They look cartoonish and fake but they are not.

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Deton, that Euphyllia in the first picture bottom right is amazing. Can't make out if it's a frogspawn or a hammer? Oh and how many heads does it have?? I'm guessing 75-100? That is unreal how big it is. Now we need a better picture of it. PLEASE?

 

[Deton8it]

It is a Hammer and you are right, he says it is 80-100 heads. The back side of it is a Frogspawn with another 15-20. I would have picked this up yesterday but I am trying to figure out the logistics. That Leather and Hammer are going to take up a lot of real estate. I am going to have to re-scape my 125 and possibly my wife's 55. The rock has some aiptasia so I want to kill them but it also has all of those BTAs. I am going to try to remove the BTAs and put them in a basket in my tank. if I am successful I can then treat the aiptasia in a rubbermaid. I don't see this being a fast move. LOL

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Best thing I ever did for aiptasia was to get a Matted File fish. They're good citizens as well. I was watching mine a few mins ago eating an aiptasia He touches nothing else, and eats well when I feed the tank. He loves frozen mysis and frozen mix but will also eat NLS pellets. My tank is heavy LPS with a few SPS and a few leathers.

 

[Deton8it]

As you can tell the BTAs are slightly bleached. Do you think light will be enough to color them up or should I feed them too? I have a little RBTA in my 125 that I feed maybe once a week. He was healthy when I got him so I didn't need to color him up.

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Always feed a bleached anemone, but sparingly. Feed a few mysis shrimp or a clump of frozen mix the size of a pencil eraser twice a week. Don't over do it because that will stress them out more.

 

[Deton8it]

That's what I was thinking but I wanted verification. Thank you.

John

 

[Deton8it]

I went and got everything. The Hammer was extremely brittle. It was a giant colony and now it is a bunch of frags. Just picking it up was snapping pieces off

 

[Dkuhlmann]

That's a shame

 

[Deton8it]

I sold 7 heads but this is how it looks now. I have lots of ones and twos down on the sand bed, about 15 in my son's tank, and about 5 in my 125.

 

[Deton8it]

This little guy is gorgeous.