Best Anemone for true perc

percy-cin

percy-cin

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I just started this hobby so forgive me if this is an ignorant question. I have a 12 gallon tank and a true perc. When we started the tank, we also had a false perc and an anemone. Sadly, the false perc and the anemone didn't make it due to poor water conditions and some very, very bad advice from the LFS. Anyway, we've run the tank for 4 weeks now and the water is great so we're looking to add to the tank. All we have is the false perc, 3 live rocks, 2 snails, and 8 small crabs. I want to get another anemone, but I'm not sure what kind is best, or even if I should add an anemone to my tank. Any advice is much appreciated. Thanks.
 
niskyvaulter

niskyvaulter

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fisrt, no aqaurium should have an anemone until it is established for at least six, and some say nine, months. second, im sorry to say, but there arent any anemones that can fit in a 12, except for aiptasia and rock anemones, which dont host.
 
percy-cin

percy-cin

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Eventually, we plan on moving to a larger tank and using the 12-gal as a (I think it's called a quarantine tank). How large of a tank would you recommend for a bubble tip? As far as "bio cube", I don't know. The label on the top says DMS-400. Like I said, I'm an amateur and my husband has been in charge of this until now. What are some other good hosting anemones for a true perc other than a bubble tip?
 
05xrunner

05xrunner

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true perc dont need an anemone..about 5min after I put my true perc in my tank it started hosting the frogspawn and has been there ever since.
 
bang guy

bang guy

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Originally Posted by Percy-Cin
http:///forum/post/2614742
Eventually, we plan on moving to a larger tank and using the 12-gal as a (I think it's called a quarantine tank). How large of a tank would you recommend for a bubble tip? As far as "bio cube", I don't know. The label on the top says DMS-400. Like I said, I'm an amateur and my husband has been in charge of this until now. What are some other good hosting anemones for a true perc other than a bubble tip?
A Bubble-tip is by far your best bet, it's just that a 12 gallon tank is too small. I really wouldn't try an Anemone in a tank smaller than a 55 but I have seen several long term successes with 29 gallon tanks.
Look for some Green Hairy Mushrooms. They are inexpensive, hardy, and can live in a small tank without polluting the water.
 
afboundguy

afboundguy

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Originally Posted by Percy-Cin
http:///forum/post/2614742
Eventually, we plan on moving to a larger tank
I (and I'm sure a lot of people) would say skip the anenome untill you purchase the larger tank. People fall into this "I plan on upgrading" chain of thought and for various reasons don't upgrade. In the long run all you're doing is hurting your tank's inhabitants. So you should wait till you upgrade your tank.
I also agree with waiting till your tank is more mature (4-6 months) before putting in a BTA.
 
percy-cin

percy-cin

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Thanks for the advice. I will wait till I upgrade. I've already lost one anemone and a false perc due to ignorance and bad advice. I don't want to lose anymore. Thank you for the advice. I wonder how many fish lives have been saved by this forum.
 
percy-cin

percy-cin

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One last question. I've attached a pic of my tank. It's a 12 gallon and I want to improve on it. I know that I can only have 2-3 small fish in there at a time because it's so small, but what do people do to dress up their tank? I can't add anemone due to lack of space or coral because of the lighting. I don't think I can add anymore fish. I already have a perc and I just added a very small goby which hides in the lr and a peppermint shrimp which won't come out of the cave. I have 8 crabs and 2 snails as well. Is there anything I can add to it to spruce it up without overloading it?
 
afboundguy

afboundguy

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You could add a couple more pieces of fully cured live rock and make it more of a mound in the middle. Look into the nano tank section of the forums and look at all the different styles of rockwork. That should give you a good idea of what you like. My main advice on adding more rock is to make sure it's fully cured, if it's not you will get a little cycle which could be bad for the tank inhabitants.
In a month or two when the tank is a little more mature you could add some soft corals, (mushrooms, zoos, or small polyps) any kind of easy beginer corals would def spruce up the tank. Hope this helps.
 
perfectdark

perfectdark

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Yep with the stock cube lighting you can add most any soft coral there is. I agree with adding more live rock you can have close to 20lbs in there if you wanted. Inverts dont add to your bioload like fish so a cleaner shrimp, or fire shrimp or both might be viable options too. HTH.
 
percy-cin

percy-cin

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Good advice. Thanks. I do plan on getting some more live rock, although I'll have to research to understand what fully cured rock means. I'm hoping I can grow some algae too. Thanks for the advice. Wish me luck.
 
percy-cin

percy-cin

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Awesome Tank!!! I hope I can get mine like that. I've wanted a nano tank for a year, but I didn't do a whole lot of homework because I didn't think I'd get one anytime soon. Then 3 days before my birthday (4/20) my husband walked in with it. It's not as easy as it seems. According to what I've heard, the lighting in my tank won't allow me to keep coral. Is it possible this isn't true? The tank I have is a Resun 12 gallon DMS-400. We just bought a live rock with some purple algae on it and it's already spreading.

Unfortunately, I think I have aiptasia. I wish I could take a picture but it's so small. It seems to be taking over one of my lr. If you look at the rock close, you can see little pin sized white dots all over it. It looks kinda like hydroid jellyfish. That's what my husband thinks it is, but when I looked more closely, I noticed that the little strands connect to a little purple body. The picture I found of the hydroid has a white body. Aiptasia or Hydroid? Any clue?
 
percy-cin

percy-cin

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Originally Posted by Bang Guy
http:///forum/post/2619173
This is a 10 gallon I set up a few years ago. Maybe it can give you some ideas.
What kind of lighting do you have? Your tank looks so much brighter than mine. I have stock halogen lights that I was told (by my know it all husband
) that you needed upgraded lights to grow coral. Then the guy at the fish store said that if I put in metal halide bulbs it would torch my fish, if I could even put them in... Is there a happy median? Also, does anyone know if you really need to feed a peppermint shrimp?
 
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