what anemone for eclipse 12?

[kathainbowen]

After working in an LFS, I've discovered that people don't generally listen to "No." Just try to tell die-hard believers that fish grow to the size of their tank or that your really shouldn't mix rift lake cichlids with south american cichlids. It works far better when you discuss the cons to it (such as how smaller tanks give to larger fluctuations in temperature and water composition compared to larger tanks, or how anemones sting and destroy corals, you get the point).

However, I will admit it's hard to resist the urge sometimes to fall back into old habits of just saying "No."

 

[Der_Iron_Chef]

Yada yada yada.

General consensus, from a host of experienced reefers, is to skip on the anemone.

Take it or leave it!!

 

[token]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10567958#post10567958 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by airinhere
I always thought it was common knowlege that nitrates were a major health risk in our tanks.

Not to further derail this discussion, but I think that widely spread rumor is, at least in part, false.

While many of our critters can use Nitrogen and Phosphate directly through osmosis, the most opportunistic of them, cyanobacteria and certain algae, are quicker to the trough than others. In a sense, it is the nitrate that is the problem but the deeper truth is that its the ability of much more competitive species to proliferate that poses the real threat.

With regards to how this affects our OP's situation, the 12g has less optimal equipment available to it that makes the maintenance of harder-to-keep species sub-optimal inhabitants for the nano. If skimmers, and other equipment, were as good for the under 55g set as they are for the 55g+ set, this might be a less contentious conversation.

At the end of the day, it is all about the husbandry, right?

 

[Peter Eichler]

I don't think I've ever been described as "grizzled" before :lol:

 

[BrianD]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10569133#post10569133 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by SDhky
If you went through my friggin posts I guess you missed the one where I am trying to upgrade to a 180 pretty soon, and was wondering how much time I have with the clown trigger and porcupine puffer before I put them in there. I dont like you. You are annoying.

No more feeding the troll. Closed.