Am I ready for and anemone?

[livinlifeinBKK]

Hey guys, after all that bacterial supplementation which includes the ZeoStart carbon dosing, probiotic and nitrifying bacteria, live phytoplankton, and over the past few weeks I've even been using an AF product called Life Source which is natural mud taken from near Fiji reefs which is supposedly teeming with microorganisms and trace minerals, I found out today my refractometer has been off by 10 ppt so my water has been hyper saline (about 45 ppt). Of course as soon as I realized this I brought the salinity back down to where it should be and I wouldn't think that all the bacterial diversity I was working to build was being significantly impacted by a 10 ppt excess in salinity (although I'm no expert). Tonight after changing a good bit of water to correct the salinity I added the live phyto, AF Phyto/zooplankton mixture, a dose of nitrifying and probiotic bacteria, and the AF Life Source mud from Fiji for those extra microorganisms and especially to replace the trace elements that were lost in the sizeable water change I had to do. I got the Noopsyche K7 V3 light set up and was planning on adding a tube anemone Friday due to their beautiful fluorescence...does this sound ok to you guys?

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Hey guys, after all that bacterial supplementation which includes the ZeoStart carbon dosing, probiotic and nitrifying bacteria, live phytoplankton, and over the past few weeks I've even been using an AF product called Life Source which is natural mud taken from near Fiji reefs which is supposedly teeming with microorganisms and trace minerals, I found out today my refractometer has been off by 10 ppt so my water has been hyper saline (about 45 ppt). Of course as soon as I realized this I brought the salinity back down to where it should be and I wouldn't think that all the bacterial diversity I was working to build was being significantly impacted by a 10 ppt excess in salinity (although I'm no expert). Tonight after changing a good bit of water to correct the salinity I added the live phyto, AF Phyto/zooplankton mixture, a dose of nitrifying and probiotic bacteria, and the AF Life Source mud from Fiji for those extra microorganisms and especially to replace the trace elements that were lost in the sizeable water change I had to do. I got the Noopsyche K7 V3 light set up and was planning on adding a tube anemone Friday due to their beautiful fluorescence...does this sound ok to you guys?

I would bypass a tube anenome unless you have an area completely away from anything else alive, Double the distance the tube opens and don't intend to add a any other real anenome to the mix.

Tubes aren't actually anenomes, they are non photosynthetic, and are much worse behaved. Tube anenomes Will open up at night double the size that you normally see, well absolutely eviscerate anything they touch. Not a maybe like a bta. I've I've got BTAs that live among corals and never have an issue. I've had up to four tubes at one time but I'm currently sitting with two in my tank. One just killed a pssamocora that was 10" away, and up stream. They don't mess around.

 

[livinlifeinBKK]

I would bypass a tube anenome unless you have an area completely away from anything else alive, Double the distance the tube opens and don't intend to add a any other real anenome to the mix.

Tubes aren't actually anenomes, they are non photosynthetic, and are much worse behaved. Tube anenomes Will open up at night double the size that you normally see, well absolutely eviscerate anything they touch. Not a maybe like a bta. I've I've got BTAs that live among corals and never have an issue. I've had up to four tubes at one time but I'm currently sitting with two in my tank. One just killed a pssamocora that was 10" away, and up stream. They don't mess around.

Oh wow...I heard they were fish killers but since I didn't plan on having any fish in this tank I thought it was an ok idea...didn't know that they could extend that far...these were very small but I still don't like that risk

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Oh wow...I heard they were fish killers but since I didn't plan on having any fish in this tank I thought it was an ok idea...didn't know that they could extend that far...these were very small but I still don't like that risk

Ive lost more inverts to them actually. Cleaner shrimp have a habit of trying to rob food from them. Bad choice on the cleaner shrimps part.

 

[SlugSnorter]

Hey guys, I've got a nano tank I've planned to dedicate to corals and inverts and I'd like to add a small anemone to give the tank a little diversity. The tank is only about 3 and a half to 4 months old and I know it's generally advised to wait several months. However, I've been doing everything I can since its inception to make my microbiome as diverse and strong as possible by adding plenty of fresh, wild live rock straight from the ocean along with weekly dosings of probiotic bacteria and AF life source mud collected from Fiji near the reefs which is full of microorganisms and trace elements along with live phytoplankton daily. I also tediously watch my parameters in this tank to make sure they stay in check. Right now the only inhabitants are a starfish, few hermits, few snails, couple crabs, a black sun coral, and a sponge (not a lot of excitement in the tank yet). If I do end up deciding to add a fish in the future the most I'd add would be a pair of very small clowns that I'd move to my other tank when they got bigger, but again, this tank is primarily for the inverts and coral. What do you think reefers?

once coraline starts growing you are good.

 

[livinlifeinBKK]

once coraline starts growing you are good.

I've got coralline

 

[SlugSnorter]

I've got coralline

if its healthy and growing well that likely means you're good