Anemones in a small reef tank

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  1. dinkanber

    dinkanber Skunk Shrimp

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    I am really wanting to put something in my 24 jbj nano reef tank for my clowns is there anything you can recommend. I have held off on this because of all the things I've read about damage. But is there anyone that is pro anemone for a small reef
     
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  3. jimmy_beaner

    jimmy_beaner Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    I bought one RBTA for my 29 Gallon Biocube last year (around this time). I now have 5 of them and they seem to be loving it (it split). Clowns also love it.

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  4. Zoanthids21

    Zoanthids21 McKoscker’s Flasher Wrasse

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    Buy a small GBTA, those are good ones, just be sure there is alota room on the rocks from the start so it can walk around until it settles.
     
  5. dinkanber

    dinkanber Skunk Shrimp

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    Can y'all tell me what the rbta and gbta mean.
     
  6. thepanfish

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    Rose bubble tip and Green bubble tip anemones.

    I wouldn't risk it. IME anemones, in order to thrive, need some amount of nitrates and heavy feeding. The ones above are doing ok, but their whiteness means they are underfed (still nice, if they're splitting its good). I would believe in such a small volume the tank will become toxic and soiled quite quickly.
    Do you have a skimmer?
     
  7. jimmy_beaner

    jimmy_beaner Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    Four of my RBTAs are not "white" and the one that is eats almost daily and has for months.

    The flash likely washed out some of the color...
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    There are also a number of ways to help the water issue... I recently added a protein skimmer (after a year without it) and the RBTAs seem to enjoy it. BTAs are photosynthetic, they don't require heavy feeding but they do enjoy being fed.
     
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  9. thepanfish

    thepanfish Flying Squid

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    They will do a lot better with some nitrates and feedings trust me.
     
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    jimmy_beaner Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    I'm not disagreeing with you, I even stated they enjoy feedings... but "heavy feeding" isn't a requirement. I typically feed my tank about 1/2 a mysis cube daily, some times with cyclopeeze or Rod's eggs and some times with marine pellets. Typically feed the RBTAs and what they miss is what the fish get. I found feeding larger pieces of shrimp make the RBTA grow like monsters... and can lead to algae issues.
     
  11. thepanfish

    thepanfish Flying Squid

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    See, to me that is considered heavy feeding ;)
    Sorry, I wasn't dissing your news, that last pic is great BTW.
     
  12. SwimsWithFish

    SwimsWithFish Giant Squid

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    I would be scared to put one in a tank that small because if it decided to take a walk, trouble. Plus when they die they become toxic I believe..,