i think i have figured out my anemone

well think its a purple sabae its about 2-3 in wide he was sold to me by a lfs that turned out to screw me . any tips on this guy ? i have 4x54 t5 ho lighting on a 55 gal

 

your fine for lighting provided you keep good bulbs,my only advice with limited info would be keep up with water changes,don't start dosing stuff,make sure your powerhead intakes are covered and leave the anemone alone for a few months regardless of wherer he moves or how he looks, it's his tank now

 

i do 4 gal a week water changes and once every 4 months i do an 8gal change. not really dosing anything a little calcium and mag but very little just to keep the levels stable. and the tank is a little over 1 yr old now

 

oh, well that makes me feel better! don't take it the wrong way but from the post i got the feeling you set the tank up 2 weeks ago. if he's healthy he should be fine, how did you manage the self discipline to wait so long?

 

they scare the crap outa me hahaha the tank nuking thing worrys me lol... i have 2 koralias do i need to do any mods to them or are they ok ?

 

ive been doing this for about a year and a half im learning a ton here but im still very much a newbie

 

sounds like your on the right track, koralias are anemone killers! but they're also great pumps,i wrapped mine in plastic bug screen(like a screen door) for the first few months until my anem found a place it liked and settled down, if he does end up in the powerhead don't panic, just turn it off and give him a day to work himself free if he doesnt get out remove him as gently as you can and hope he recovers, this "nuking the tank" thing is a little exaggerated, you'll know its dead before that happens and even if it does its nothing a lot of carbon cant fix

 

i am running carbon 24 7 in a reactor .... i have plastic gutter guard i take it this will be ok to cover over the koralias?

 

btw where wer you 8 months ago i coulda gotten a nem then lol jkjk

 

gutter gaurd should be fine, i jumped the gun and got my first anemone after 4 months, it did great until it ended up in the koralia! my second is still alive and well, they're fascinating creatures