Why do some people have an anemoe in SPS tank?

[mmotown]

I have been seeing a few sps tanks that have long tentacle anemoes. I think they look cool yet I see mature sps colonies in their tank. I thought they move around. Do you have one? Can I get one and successfully keep sps?

 

[gasman059]

its possible - I house 3 -2 carpets and one RBTA

 

[sanababit]

Yes you can have one and house it with sps, but the problem will be when it moves, stings the hell out of the sps or gets caught on a powerhead or creates shade over sps, so be careful

sana

 

[Phyxius]

I have plenty of SPS in my tank and also 2 RBTAs and have been lucky. Mine are within 6 " of where the orig one went 15 mths ago and its clone about 7 mths ago. I worry about it moving one day but for now its happy where its at.

Good part is I`m in the process of setting up a cube just for the BTAs and my wife's Picassos so I can get them out of the big tank.

 

[returnofsid]

I've kept RBTAs in SPS tanks, for almost 4 years. Yes, once in awhile, though rarely, the RBTAs will move and I'll have to encourage it, by moving a rock or two, or removing a coral from it's path. However, I've never lost any corals, due to the moving RBTAs.

 

[Reefer577]

The only anemones I've kept that really don't move around are rock/flower anemones. You can keep more than one together and under good light they'll never move.

 

[ryanrid]

why do some people have them? cause we like them i guess.
here is a pic of my tank with a large crispa

crispa do not really move, only problem is that it expands quite a bit and can sting, i lost about 3 frags from this, but they were nothing special.

 

[NVTE]

Yes, it is possible when you have enough room for it and it stick to one place. I had mine stay in same rock in 13 months until I decided to make room for SPS.
Here is my tank 2 month ago

 

[mv123]

Anyone have an anemone in a smaller SPS tank? I would love to get one, and a clown, to go in my 28G LED nano. It will mainly be an SPS tank.

Thanks

 

[Reefer577]

Nvite, do you photoshop your aquarium background or do you razor the coralline from everywhere? Super clean! You guys with your huge anemones, its so cool!!

 

[NVTE]

Nvite, do you photoshop your aquarium background or do you razor the coralline from everywhere? Super clean! You guys with your huge anemones, its so cool!!

Yes, I scrape them off often to give nice clear back. I am not big fan of Coralline algae.

 

[Reefer577]

Hehehe I was wondering....

 

[epstein]

They do work ......I have had mine split several times and not move.......

 

[erendon]

I used to have one that got big and split. After the fourth split I took them out and placed them in my fuge.

 

[stevedola]

I have been seeing a few sps tanks that have long tentacle anemoes. I think they look cool yet I see mature sps colonies in their tank. I thought they move around. Do you have one? Can I get one and successfully keep sps?

never again unless I had a large tank where I could try and isolate it on an island rock. I lost a few nice peices due to nems roaming.

 

[E-A-G-L-E-S]

why do some people have them? cause we like them i guess.
here is a pic of my tank with a large crispa

crispa do not really move, only problem is that it expands quite a bit and can sting, i lost about 3 frags from this, but they were nothing special.

Does your clown host in your crispa?

 

[CleveYank]

Well going for a mixed reef look is probably why most have them together.
Plus nems in an SPS tank must also ellude to an inclination to be more adventurous.

I cannot stand losing SPS to preventable events, (my luck the nem would go on the move into my ORA'S & LE's).

Other's can have nems in tanks with SPS for years without trouble. Murphy sleeps not far from my reef setups so I won't risk it.

 

[dv0920]

Mine works because I had to create a space specifically for my RBTA, I made a crevice in the middle of my island of rock to keep the RBTA happy and not touching my sps. I don't have huge colonies yet but small ones, so I didn't want to risk having them burnt from the anenmone. This has worked for me so far, until recently when it budded 2 buds and they have now begun growing.

I'm trying to part with them, green base rbta. hopefully they will go to good homes.

David

 

[sbin]

We have a blue haddoni and a large rbta in a 125g with sps.
Both men's walked to opposite corners and rock work was moved to encourage them to stay put.
The nems are a nice contrast to sps.

 

[maharsreef]

Lots of people keep a nemoe and some keep them with anemone's cause they like to.