Can anemones and anthias be a thing?
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I haven't been diving in years, and I miss it. Aquaria are awesome but not quite the same.
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I don't appreciate diving very much and I dived hundreds of hours. I don't like dragging all that equipment around and there's also a bit of frustration because I keep feeling like "I don't want to go away, I want to live here" 
I am trying to find some fish that at least are not too bothered by 30+ BTA's.
I am trying to find some fish that at least are not too bothered by 30+ BTA's.
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That's a huge colony of mags, and while those anthia are extremely close I doubt they are actually being touched by tentacles.
I've never heard of anthia adapting to nems nor have any of mine come close to any nems I've had.
The damsels are another story, and I have had green chromis adapt to my nems.
Cool vid!
I've never heard of anthia adapting to nems nor have any of mine come close to any nems I've had.
The damsels are another story, and I have had green chromis adapt to my nems.
Cool vid!
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I believe it’s more of a feeling more protected by the anemones than anything else. Maybe their is food in proximity to them especially since Anthias’ need to eat a lot and feed a lot due to high metabolism. They would get killed by the anemones nematocysts.
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Thanks... back to the drawing board.
Is this video yours?
Maybe I should try the classic anthias and chromis.
Is this video yours?
Maybe I should try the classic anthias and chromis.
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My flame angels couple gets incredibly close to the anemones, while the banggai cardinals actually touch them.
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It seems that Chromis in anemones is not that uncommon.
I wonder if any other damsels do this beyond the domino.
I wonder if any other damsels do this beyond the domino.
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Thanks... back to the drawing board.
Is this video yours?
Maybe I should try the classic anthias and chromis.
Not mine but pretty cool!
These were mine, I did not have vid of them but wish I did, but pics show what's up.
These are the 6 chromis I had for 6 years.
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In or near until the maroon eventually got tired of them.
It took a couple years before the chromis started going inside the nems, I still remember watching them go in first time and yelling at them to stay away, they did not listen to me!
I was very surprised they were fine, I had heard of domino's in nems before but not chromis.
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I don't appreciate diving very much and I dived hundreds of hours. I don't like dragging all that equipment around and there's also a bit of frustration because I keep feeling like "I don't want to go away, I want to live here"
I am trying to find some fish that at least are not too bothered by 30+ BTA's.
1. Reduce what you bring diving. Been there done that.
2. Don't introduce a BTA into your tank
I think you have a bigger problem on your hand if you have 30+. My son started with a single RBTA in a 29 gallon bio cube. It split about a year later. Two became a bit much so we bought another 29 gallon bio cube and moved one of the rocks to separate them. Mistake. The original split again
I guess it was lonely - I don't know. About a year goes by and it split again. I don't understand how they vary in size over time because one month it is expanding 12" across with long tips and then later the size of a baseball. In any case we merged both into a single 40 breeder and over the next 3 or so years we ended up with 7 that we could count. Time to plan a upgrade which is my current 210 gallon. Between all of the planning, me dragging my feet, we moved 10 into the new tank. I think I accidently pinched one on a rock so damaged it - it split. We peaked at 11 last March. It was getting too much and I was about to start rehoming to people. Almost pest like Xenia (which I also have). But something happened and about three of them started to lose color. Only three. One shrunk to the size of a quarter and lost all tenticles. The other two keep moving around. In any case we are holding steady at 8 very healthy fella's with 3 in a unknown status that I'm trying to bring back to healthy.
But if you ahve 30 I can only imagine because I'm frustrated with those that I have
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I have managed to get them under control until now. I get rid of a few every 2 or 3 months.
The key is keeping them in a separate area, their own island. That doesn't prevent them from reaching other parts of the tank, but it happens in a slow controlled way and they never caused any serious damage. I have them for 9 years now.
Xenias get along with them, but they end up winning the battle, conquering permanent real estate unlike the BTA's.
The thought of getting rid of them has crossed my mind, especially because I have the sexiest magnifica in the world, but I'm not ready to do it.
The key is keeping them in a separate area, their own island. That doesn't prevent them from reaching other parts of the tank, but it happens in a slow controlled way and they never caused any serious damage. I have them for 9 years now.
Xenias get along with them, but they end up winning the battle, conquering permanent real estate unlike the BTA's.
The thought of getting rid of them has crossed my mind, especially because I have the sexiest magnifica in the world, but I'm not ready to do it.
