Anenomes in a reef?

[RicePaddy]

When I purchased my GBTA I put her where I though she would look best and moved everything else out of the way. For the first week she was moving around looking for that right spot while expanding and contracting. It is amazing how big they can get when they are fully opened. After about a month I noticed there was little to no movement, she had found her spot. In the fifth week I started to move the other LPS around making sure that they are not placed to close to my Anemone.

I love watching the Clown GBTA interaction the how the cleaner shrimp temp death to try and steel my GBTA's meals from it grasp. Till this day Jacque and Jolene have been unsuccessful in their attempts.

Will

[BC564]

I have tried to find pics of it on the net and the closest I found was a Rose Bulb anemone....mine is pale pink....

this site is good www.liveaquaria.com

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

In my 220g, I have an "Anemone Wall". It's in the back, just to the left of center. On it lives several large & small RBTAs, BTAs, LTAs, and purple tipped brown Sebae anemones.

(BTW, most of the purple tipped LTAs LFS sell are actually Sebae anemone & brown sebaes are the only ones that generally survive, not those beautiful white with pink tipped bleached out ones)

Knock on wood, but I have had fairly good success with keeping anemones with corals but I work at home & keep a very close eye on things in the tank, which most people can't do. I have a friend whose RBTA wandered all over his 175g bowfront, stinging & killing off several expensive corals.

I guess the ideal is to set up a species tank for anemones. Unfortunately, most of us are not in the position (or inclination) to do that. Second best would be, if you really want to mix anemones & corals, to put the anemone into a lightly stocked (coral-wise) reef tank & give it lots of space. Be very observant about its behaviour during the first couple of weeks because that's when its most likely going to move. I found that once my anemones found a spot they like, they are pretty good about staying put.

BTW, some of my anemones may expand to dinner plate size (12-14") so take that into consideration.

Anthony

[bassman]

Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic

(BTW, most of the purple tipped LTAs LFS sell are actually Sebae anemone & brown sebaes are the only ones that generally survive, not those beautiful white with pink tipped bleached out ones)Anthony

Amen, my purple tip is in fact a brown Sebae as stated above and when I bought it it had been bleached out. It was pure white with purple tips.
It took months for it to turn brown again, for while I didn't think it was going to make it.

[BC564]

If you can wait....if/when he clones/splits I can give you one of them...but I have no idea how long that could be.....my parents are in Wetaskiwin so they seem to like it when I come to visit ....

[vertex]

ponokareefer,

My experience with my RBTAs is that all 5 clones I've had wander to find a spot where they can sink there foot into a crevase or hole in the side or underneath a rock and then expand out from it. None of mine have every left there crevase once settled except when they clone. You should try NOT to change your flow though in your tank, as that can trigger them to move (do this if you want to move them however).

They do sting some corals, just recently had to move a colt as my RBTA had killed one side of it as the RBTA is growing faster and needs more room. It doesn't hurt my flowerpot, zoos or mushrooms all around it otherwise though. Its tentacles are mostly away from those corals and rock however.

Good luck with one!