Keeping haddoni and bta??!

lsingh · Dec 10, 2012

Any experience with both of these species together ....
I am considering it for my 247 gln display with 70 gln sump .....dnt know if its a gud idea .....I hve this bta for about a year or so and wanted to add a nice red carpet

jedimasterben · Dec 10, 2012

Why would there be an issue? As long as they don't touch, they're fine together.

shred5 · Dec 10, 2012

Usually keeping two anemones together turns out to be disastrous. Defiantly some kind of Allelopathy going on. Those who have kept more than one together successfully usually ends up with one being on each side of the tank. They defiantly know each other are there.

With that size tank you might be ok, The problem I see is a bta is a wanderer and may end up being restless and get into trouble. Make sure your power heads are covered as they should be with bta's anyway. I would run polyfilters and or carbon since they supposedly help with Allelopathy.

Of coarse there is differences between different kinds of anemones too.

Trex · Dec 10, 2012

I would suggest against it. I did this about 10+ years ago, once I put the E. quadricolor in the tank the S. haddoni (( which had been in my care for years prior )) started moving all over the place -- no other changes to the tank. Even with running carbon and skimming wet it was still on the move. All it took was removing the E. quadricolors and a week of heavy skimming for it to settle back down. Actually had similar results with an S. haddoni and M. doreensis.

Never had issues keeping different color morphs of E. quadricolor in the same tank, or different color morphs of M. doreensis in the same tank, or different color morphs of S. haddoni in the same tank -- even touching.

BigJohnWoody · Dec 10, 2012

Yah I have a haddoni and been wanting a RBTA for awhile and have always read yellow caution tape everywhere. I gave up on the thought a while ago. I just wish my picasso's would host my haddoni. I think I might sell of my pair and get a different pair of clowns.

lsingh · Dec 10, 2012

So even they r away from each other creates a so call chemical war .... Or unless they touch or bump into each other ??

Trex · Dec 10, 2012

lsingh said:
So even they r away from each other creates a so call chemical war .... Or unless they touch or bump into each other ??

They weren't touching, and there were still issues.

shred5 · Dec 10, 2012

lsingh said:
So even they r away from each other creates a so call chemical war .... Or unless they touch or bump into each other ??

Read about Allelopathy in coral and algae, it is basically chemical warfare to acquire space on a reef since it is limited... Basically why it is not a good idea to mix different corals. It is more prevalent is soft corals than stony corals.

Problem is on a reef it will affect the coral right next to them and not allot farther. In a closed system especially if water changes are not done it can kill corals pretty far away.. I think it is one of the main reasons people lose corals for no reason or even have whole tank wipeouts.

fraggingfish · Dec 10, 2012

Just make sure you have a very good skimmer and a lot of pre mixed saltwater on standby.

lsingh · Dec 10, 2012

i got bk supermarine

jedimasterben · Dec 10, 2012

After keeping a condylactis, sebae, two BTAs, and a score of mini-maxi anemones all in the same tank at the same time, I can say I didn't have any issues until I started messing with my lighting.