nem help

[stewy14]

for those who have nems, when did u add them? my friend is giving me his Chicago sunburst, my tank is 3 months old, I told him to wait, but he has to get rid of his system. what can I do to speed up the process? figure out tank dosing? maintain good parameters? blah?

 

[TX_REEF]

Generally anything before 6 months maturity is bound for failure with nems, and a lot of folks would recommend waiting a year or more.

I'd say some mature live rock would increase your chances of maintaining the requisite stability and increasing your odds of success - any chance you can get some rock from him too? Even just to put it in the sump.

 

[stewy14]

Generally anything before 6 months maturity is bound for failure with nems, and a lot of folks would recommend waiting a year or more.

I'd say some mature live rock would increase your chances of maintaining the requisite stability and increasing your odds of success - any chance you can get some rock from him too? Even just to put it in the sump.

I can ask if he got live rock, I told him to wait off on the nem

 

[Jekyl]

I wouldn't take the nem on.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

I waited till over a year in before I got mine just to be on the safe side

 

[stewy14]

I wouldn't take the nem on.

ik

 

[vetteguy53081]

for those who have nems, when did u add them? my friend is giving me his Chicago sunburst, my tank is 3 months old, I told him to wait, but he has to get rid of his system. what can I do to speed up the process? figure out tank dosing? maintain good parameters? blah?

Recommended is a tank of 4-6 months of age as anemones require stable conditions/parameters often not found in newer tanks which endure many changes. They dont even favor water changes which are more frequent with newer systems

 

[Joe462]

for those who have nems, when did u add them? my friend is giving me his Chicago sunburst, my tank is 3 months old, I told him to wait, but he has to get rid of his system. what can I do to speed up the process? figure out tank dosing? maintain good parameters? blah?

the amount of time doesn't matter, its just a matter of are your parameters stable, bacterial and live rock established? you have coral doing well, do you have fish that are healthy? if other fish, inverts, coral are struggling then your tank probably isn't ready. If the tank is ready its ready. They do take up a lot of space, and limit your coral placement as they will move around and sting your coral. Many people end up removing them later because they are taking over the tank or they have killed a lot of expensive coral.

 

[AlyciaMarie Verified Admin]

I waited till over a year in before I got mine just to be on the safe side

Yeah, we didn't take ours on until a full year after we started cycling. It's thriving now. I definitely would recommend waiting a little while longer. You don't want to risk anything with something as beautiful as a Chicago Sunburst.

 

[stewy14]

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Recommended is a tank of 4-6 months of age as anemones require stable conditions/parameters often not found in newer tanks which endure many changes. They dont even favor water changes which are more frequent with newer systems

-6 months?
thats 1 month away
I got hair algae on floor and rock? should I just add snails to help? I hope its not diatom too, it appeared after I added light and used small amount of chemiclean
is that bad too?

 

[stewy14]

the amount of time doesn't matter, its just a matter of are your parameters stable, bacterial and live rock established? you have coral doing well, do you have fish that are healthy? if other fish, inverts, coral are struggling then your tank probably isn't ready. If the tank is ready its ready. They do take up a lot of space, and limit your coral placement as they will move around and sting your coral. Many people end up removing them later because they are taking over the tank or they have killed a lot of expensive coral.

everything is healthy
frogspawn is recovering after a little salinity and alk scare

 

[D-Nak]

Do you have any coralline algae growing in the tank?

 

[stewy14]

Do you have any coralline algae growing in the tank?

no
I found somebody to hold them for me for a while
and one of the best stores in nj