Do anenomes need live rock

[kenziejlooft]

Will anemones be okay with base rock and a couple pieces of live rock

 

[Ludders]

Anemone's need a combination of things to survive.
Good quality light
Stable/mature water conditions
Live rock

 

[laverda]

Probably not based on the little information you have provided. Anemones seldom do well in new tanks especially ones set up with dry rock. Most people myself included. suggest waiting 6 month for a tank to get established and stable before adding anemones. Longer with dry rock. You can cut that time drastically, if your an experienced reefer and using established live rock from another system. Anemones are easy to keep in a well established tank. Very difficult in a new tank! Look in the clown fish and anemone thread and else where here and sadly you will see all sorts of examples of them dying in new tanks.

 

[kenziejlooft]

I was just wondering my salt water tank has good parameters I started it a couple months ago and just added dry rock and some live rock almost 2 weeks ago and was just wondering if a anemone would be okay but I will wait

 

[Ludders]

Keep at it and good luck with the tank, patience is the key to a healthy happy reef

 

[kenziejlooft]

It’s so hard to be patient but I am going too thanks you guys for the advice!

 

[laverda]

Waiting will save you money and heartache. Read up on the fish and corals your planning to get in the mean time. Get decent test kits, Salifert is my choice. Learn the chemistry involved in keeping things stable. Also a good seed your tank with copopods and ampapods to get the population going.

 

[laverda]

Anemones use nitrate as one food source, which is often missing in new tanks.

 

[Asagi]

I’ve got 30 Gigantea nems in a frag tank with no coral, sand or rock.

 

[James M]

I’ve got 30 Gigantea nems in a frag tank with no coral, sand or rock.

It’s a frag tank which shouldn’t contain rock or sand but you have bio media ?

 

[kenziejlooft]

I use api tests for now but will be switching to Red Sea or salifert I didn’t know that api were so inaccurate but as I get more knowledge I am learning the right things to get it’s so true to wait out instead of buy expensive corals and having them die on me which would also make me upset thanks you guys for your advice it helps a lot because I am new to this

 

[Asagi]

It’s a frag tank which shouldn’t contain rock or sand but you have bio media ?

Nope, skimmer and return pump.

 

[James M]

Nope, skimmer and return pump.

Wow...How do you manage ammonia

 

[Asagi]

Wow...How do you manage ammonia

I don’t know. I do a 5 gallon water change once a week. About 100 gallon total volume. These are tidal animals. They seems to thrive on entropy. Like me. Haha!