raeh1 Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 Well after the last anemone disaster I did some serious research. I doubled the water quality and switched to NSW. I also studyed what a healthy anemone should be like and easier ones to keep. I even created a spot for it and over the last two days it has moved across the tank and settled into it. My question since bubble tips are symbotic how often should I feed him? Also to be even safer does another know how to make power head protectors so anemone doesn't become sushi? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetskisteve Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 mmm dont use pwrheads, they can squeeze into very small gaps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skuzza Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 If you have no sump you can run a pond pump behind your rocks and run a spay bar or a few outlets.Most pond pumps have a plastic protection guard over the inlet.The whole gaurd is like a grill and will not create a big vacuum unless 80% covered.I have run this system for years due to not enough holes drilled in tank for external pumps.Never nad anything sucked into pump.Its not a small pump it pumps 9500ltrs an hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 i've got a couple bta's - dont feed them anything. if you do they'll grow HUGE apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petplanet Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 Just use a powerhead with a sponge on it. I know a lot of people hate sponges but better safe than sorry. All it takes is a couple of tenticles through a grate and you know what happens..... If you want it to grow, feed it once a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquatopia Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 Remember though - if you DO use a sponge over the powerhead it will become a biological filter (and mechanical). This means that when you need to clean it you must do so in the aquarium water (easily achieved if you do it at the same time as a water change in the collection bucket). If you do not, then you will be killing the bacterie that you have generated as part of the biological filtration process in your tank. The other thing to remember about that filtration process is that it will only ever break your wastes down to NITRATE level so you need a further method of exporting these (dont stock too high in the first place; regular water changes - although not BIG ones, remember your tank inhabitants wont like a huge change to improve conditions, they require the conditions to be constantly good not up and down). Im planning my new tank at the moment and there is no way i will be using powerheads, a) because they are unsightly IMHO and b) just because of the problem highlighted here. Good luck with this anemone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raeh1 Posted May 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2005 Last night I measured it. About 25 cm across when fully opened. As with the power heads I am going to put sponges on all 6 of them.... The main reson for so many is that this is my first setup and I couldn't build a sump into the tank.. In a couple of years I will rebuild the tank better. It hasn't moved around for almost three days now. Thats a good me's thinks I have feed it some white bait and I grabbed it and gobbled it down, even while the shrimp tried to fight for it. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquatopia Posted May 26, 2005 Report Share Posted May 26, 2005 raeh1: Im glad that things are sounding good. Do make sure you heed the advice regarding cleaning the sponges. With 6 on the go it is going to be a MAJOR element of your biological filtration and you are pretty much preventing the live rock (how much do you have and what size is your tank in gallons after displacement?) from doing its complete job. You will need to keep on top of your water parameters as a result, but that is achievable. Feeding the anemone is OK, but in my opinion i would suggest not feeding it regularly - just occasionally. It shouldn't need regular feeding because if you have the lighting and everything else right it will get 90-95% of its nutrient requirements from its zooanthellae. All feeding will achieve is greater potential pollution of the tank and rapid growth of the anemone. Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raeh1 Posted May 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2005 About 160 litres or so and maybe 45kg coral rock, 15 kg sand (estimate) Lots of bugs and insects living in it at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raeh1 Posted June 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2005 well now I only have two power head inputs. protected by foam (and lots of it) I bought/ swapped a seio power head with Brianemone made a bib on the powerhead and fitted it wrong. Into the powerhead it went..... after hours of designing anemone safe tank Two weeks later after not removing it it has healed alot. Two days ago it came and opened up again. Missing tenicles on one side. but I feed it as often as I could when I could see it. Problem solved. "THE LESSON learnt they are sneeky and a 2mm gap can cause major MAJOR damage". I have learnt that they deserve the most respect and planning should be put into tank setups as after research i found they can live up to 80 years in the wild, and cannot reproduce at a rate that we are taking them. I am glad he is happy again but I think that oonly tank produced aneomones should be purchased as sirvival rates are much higher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifty Posted June 18, 2005 Report Share Posted June 18, 2005 my brother had a bubble tip and his moved all over the place. My first one moved a bit but was a long tentacle, took him back as he got too large. The other one I got has never moved since i put him in the tank. I have moved him a couple of times and he always stays put Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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