What's a Good Anemone?
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Honestly, wait. I don't mean this negative, it happens a lot. So think of it as help not criticism. Your tank is honestly overstocked. I have a 75 gallon with great filtration and feel stocked with my single yellow tang. So putting a nem in there without filtration at this point. Your tank has barely finished its cycle and if you add it sooner than a couple months you will crash your tank with a huge ammonia spike. We honestly are just trying to save you the pain of killing everything.
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I'm sorry this doesn't help. Yes they can be used successfully. But they are also nitrate traps and without an extreme cleaning regime and lots of water changes you are even more likely to crash your tank. Especially with only 24 pounds of live rock, at least I think you said that. Your best bet is a large sump or fuge with live rock and live sand. Also I recommend a turnover rate of at least 9 times an hour for saltwater. I am not trying to be a critic I promis. Just trying to save you from killing everything. Also nems are very sensitive to nitrate so please wait.
It is best to take it slow. I had a hard time not buying everything all at once but I knew that it is better to take it slow. My tank is about 7 months old and I only have 2 fish (well, 3 technically but I have a mean clown in my sump that I am going to send back). I recently got a rose bubble tip for the 29 gallon and it is very small. I haven't had to move any corals out of the way yet but I am going to in the near future. Mine moved a lot but I love him. They can be a pain sometimes but if you love them enough then you wouldn't even notice.
I would let your tank mature for awhile because you seem to have a lot of fish in there so I wouldn't want you to put a BTA in your tank and have a huge ammonia spike that kills it.
Patients is the key
I would let your tank mature for awhile because you seem to have a lot of fish in there so I wouldn't want you to put a BTA in your tank and have a huge ammonia spike that kills it.
Patients is the key
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When a tank is new it's parameters will jump all the time. One slight change will easily throw it off balance causing a spike. Especially with purely mechanical filtration and not a whole lot of live rock.
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And even that has been known to crash tanks Before, even ones that were set up for long periods of time. Please trust me when I say wait for a while. It will save you a lot of pain and money. I have been in your shoes and had people saying similar stuff. A lot of people told me not to get a mandarin but I did and he's doing fine because he eats frozen. But this isn't the life of a fish, it's your entire tank at risk over an anemone. So please wait.
