aquafox
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Okay, I really need some advice. I have a 46 gallon reef tank - it has been set up for over a year and I am now starting to add corals and such. I went to the fish store this weekend and they had a tube anemone that I had been wanting for a while. I thought I had done decent research on it so I brought it home. Once I got it home I whipped out the old "Conscientious Marine Aquariast" and read up on it again....and low and behold it is listed as a predator of the Mandarin Goby.....therein lies the problem. I have a Mandarin Goby in my tank....he has been there for many months and is doing beautifully...I have gone to great pains to make his world livable, removing the coral banded shrimp that were harassing him, removing the other fish the were harassing him....and now I bought something to eat him!! Is this a big problem? Has anyone else had a tube anemone that ate their fish? Right now the tube anmeone is living in a fish trap in the tank that I rigged to contain him safely until I figure out what to do. My other option is to put the tube anemone in a newly established aggressive tank with a lionfish....what are the problems/possibilities with doing that? I have three tanks......I am just trying to figure out the best location for him....although my preference would be the reef tank as long as the goby is safe. Please share opinions/experiences...thanks!:notsure:
