Anemone Cube

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by NanoHuman

Looks like a pretty good start. I'd love to have a nem like that but no room! Considering one of the mini ones that live aquaria carries.

I had a mini one a few years back and it was pretty nice. Mine wasn't a crazy color but was cool to watch it split very often.

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Carpet looks great! Can't wait to see the tank once it's up and running.

Thanks Tony for the encouragement/reassurance that this set up should work. You were one of the two who made me feel it was worth trying without a sump and skimmer

Originally Posted by ponokareefer

Sounds like an awesome set up! I'm in the process of trying to get a Haddoni due to their smaller size, less demand for light and a better record for keeping them alive than the gigantea. Are you concerned that the gigantea will outgrow that size of tank?
Also, right now I just have a MJ1200 but will be upgrading to a larger pump once I get the anemone. Did you consider getting the MP10, or was it even out yet when you got the tunze stream?

Love the pictures! If I hadn't already bought the RSM130, I would have loved to have set up a system like you are doing!

I was thinking of an MP10 and may end up "upgrading" to one eventually because I think the anemone may really like the more random flow but for now I just went with the nano stream. I find they are quieter but I am comparing it to the MP20 I had before and maybe the MP10 is quieter. This system is all about minimal equipment and silence.

I don't think it will outgrow the tank. Even if it were to get the full 20"x20" footprint of the tank, they don't lay out flat. I will have one pillar of rock in the back left corner and the rest of the tank is open for it to grow. We'll see though, it may end up outgrowing the tank.

I don't feed the anemone at all (clowns do though) because I am not looking for it to grow any faster than it already does which isn't really all that fast.

Does anyone know how long they take to grow "full" size? Or do they just keep growing and growing but at a slower rate as they reach a certain size?

[Delphinus]

Originally Posted by GreenSpottedPuffer

Does anyone know how long they take to grow "full" size? Or do they just keep growing and growing but at a slower rate as they reach a certain size?

Seems hugely variable by individual or maybe lighting plays a role. Mine have not really grown bigger than 10" or so and I've had the green for like 5 years now and my purple just about a year and a half. I feed them like crazy too. Maybe with brighter lighting they'd be more apt to grow.

I've saw one monster at a LFS that grew to 24" but started off allegedly at 8" or so and took 5 years to get there. I don't know anything about the tank it came out of though.

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Seems hugely variable by individual or maybe lighting plays a role. Mine have not really grown bigger than 10" or so and I've had the green for like 5 years now and my purple just about a year and a half. I feed them like crazy too. Maybe with brighter lighting they'd be more apt to grow.

I've saw one monster at a LFS that grew to 24" but started off allegedly at 8" or so and took 5 years to get there. I don't know anything about the tank it came out of though.

Hmmm...mine must have started at around 7" or so and I measured it at approx. 12-13" the other day. I don't feed it at all but its always been under 250 MH. I do however feed my fish VERY heavily so actually its probably getting quite a bit of food.

[lastlight]

That's a beautiful nem and a detailed brain dump by Tony. Looking forward to more and welcome back to the realm of the tank journal Justin!

Where on earth are you doing your cutting? You have a parkade there don't you?

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by lastlight

That's a beautiful nem and a detailed brain dump by Tony. Looking forward to more and welcome back to the realm of the tank journal Justin!

Where on earth are you doing your cutting? You have a parkade there don't you?

Home depot did most of the cutting for me. I do have a parkade but we also have a workshop room in the building. Doesn't really have any tools anymore but I can use it for projects like this.

[ponokareefer]

Thanks for the info Tony. I guess the reason I had said that haddoni were less light loving is that I have found a fair amount of people that have successfully kept them alive for over a year with T5's and PC's, compared to only MH's with gigantea's.

That's nice that you have a workshop room in your building GreenSpottedPuffer! I'd also read that if you can get a carpet past the one year mark, they become very forgiving with the system they are living in.

[Rbacchiega]

I vote conspiracy theory....Brett hassles until all of a sudden some Canreefers from "back in the day" start reappearing and new build threads emerge....yep, conspiracy.

Having said that....can't figgen wait to see this progress. Loved the old build thread, sure I'll love this one too!