Anemone only tanks?

ndz98 · Apr 25, 2016

Anyone have an anemone only tank? Or predominantly anemones? I was just thinking about what it would look like yesterday and if anyone has actually done it.

CodyRVA · Apr 25, 2016

ndz98 said:
Anyone have an anemone only tank? Or predominantly anemones? I was just thinking about what it would look like yesterday and if anyone has actually done it.

I've seen several in person, it's a very unique approach. Have you seen the BRS Harem Build?

morpheas · Apr 25, 2016

I would also check @melev 's youtube channel. He has an anemone cube tank tied into his main DT plumbing (I think they're one plumbing If I remember correctly). That and the BRS as suggested by CodyRVA are the most beautiful and thriving I've seen.

ndz98 · Apr 25, 2016

I'm really liking the way that anemone and clown tank that brs has looks. It would be sweet to have a tank like that one day.

PurpleTreeSpiders · Apr 25, 2016

One of the LFS by us has one and it's like a forest of rbta's. Pretty sweet. He also has several maroons in it.

melev · Apr 25, 2016

morpheas said:
I would also check @melev 's youtube channel. He has an anemone cube tank tied into his main DT plumbing (I think they're one plumbing If I remember correctly). That and the BRS as suggested by CodyRVA are the most beautiful and thriving I've seen.

Yes, they are tied together into the same sump.

rossco · Apr 25, 2016

My 12 gallon nano has ended up that way.

Kami2011 · Apr 26, 2016

If I were to start a anemone tank I would try to get CC's anemones

444rich · Mar 7, 2018

rossco said:
My 12 gallon nano has ended up that way.

beautiful is this still up and running?

VR28man · Mar 7, 2018

Beyond BTA, carpet, and various clownfish hosting anemones.....

.... John Tullock's book "The Natural Reef Aquarium" describes his idea for an anemone "flower garden". It's inspired by areas of the shallow inshore zone of Florida Keys that he saw during his grad school research days. Basically, it's a variety of Rock Flower anemones arranged like a flower garden over high intensity daylight lighting, and live rock. (KP aquatics sells "premium" 3 and 10 anemones packs suitable for such a tank). You can also add Condylactis and curlicue anemones.

cycled123 · Mar 7, 2018

Just started one. Only 2 anemones so far but the goal is for it to be full of rock flowers and bubble tips. There are kenyi trees and pulsing xenia in there to0 that I did not want to transfer over to the new tank. Tank is 37g with 15g sump.

cycled123 · Mar 7, 2018

VR28man said:
Beyond BTA, carpet, and various clownfish hosting anemones.....

.... John Tullock's book "The Natural Reef Aquarium" describes his idea for an anemone "flower garden". It's inspired by areas of the shallow inshore zone of Florida Keys that he saw during his grad school research days. Basically, it's a variety of Rock Flower anemones arranged like a flower garden over high intensity daylight lighting, and live rock. (KP aquatics sells "premium" 3 and 10 anemones packs suitable for such a tank). You can also add Condylactis and curlicue anemones.

I will have to look into these other anemones. Right now planning bubble tips and rock flowers

rossco · Mar 7, 2018

444rich said:
beautiful is this still up and running?

Still is!
Changed things around a bit, went bare bottom after a bout of Dinos.

The branching frogspawn is the only Euphyllia in there now. Chalices got moved to the frag tank, not stable enough for them in the Nano.

The green anemones shrunk to smaller size and moved to the back of the rocks after I put the Kessil 160 over the tank. The rainbow and red BTA's have split a few times. So have the Jawbreakers. There is another Red BTA on the backside of the rocks.