Sorry I didn’t listen. I kinda thought I was doomed from the beginning as well. Does that mean it nuked my tank? Or did I get it out in time. It was still attached to the rock very hard.
The color has nothing to do with that, anemones can sense each other and can fight over territory. This works for all anemone types, you just happened to be a different color of the same type of anemone.
I have three separate mixed reef tanks (all on totally different and independent systems) and two of them have BTAs. All tanks were set up about 4 months ago with the nems being in there for the latter 2 months. One BWBTA and one RBTA, both are doing fine. IME 6 months before a nem isn’t a hard set rule, nems being able to go into tanks should be on a tank by tank basis, with the 6 months thing as a rule of thumb. Here’s the RBTA, happy as anything.we're talking reef tanks. not anemone tanks. totally different bio-loads? One can learn alot in 6 months.
I have three separate mixed reef tanks (all on totally different and independent systems) and two of them have BTAs. All tanks were set up about 4 months ago with the nems being in there for the latter 2 months. One BWBTA and one RBTA, both are doing fine. IME 6 months before a nem isn’t a hard set rule, nems being able to go into tanks should be on a tank by tank basis, with the 6 months thing as a rule of thumb. Here’s the RBTA, happy as anything.
Im definitely not advocating for everybody putting nems in this early, and I do feel as if my tanks are a special case, I’m just saying that it’s totally possible for a nem to live, grow, and thrive in a tank that is less than 6 months old. I started with wet live rock from a friend’s tank that was 20+ years old and the rocks had been in the sump for 5+ years. Also used his water change water to set up and cycle the tank (about a month). Never experienced any uglies or major algae outbreaks. I don’t think this is a method a lot of reefers can use, I’m just saying that it worked for me.
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