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They are all BTAs so they will not battle. They can even butt right up to each other. They should be fine in a 65 but if you plan on or have SPS they might have a hard time. Running carbon on a regular basis can help with that though.

Here you go!

I found a company already selling them for aquarium use in 3 different sizes. All run about $1000 a piece. Not that bad when you consider the electricity and bulb replacement savings.

Well throwing my back out changed my plans this weekend so looks like I will make it after all.

Hmm. They kinda look like a flat worm. Never seen a clear one like that though. Watch for movement.

Very nice Mike!

Like I said in my disclaimer, many people have used it with great success. I just feel a product should not be labeled reef-safe if there is a chance it is not. I just wanted everyone here to be forewarned that there is a possibility of problems. Nick it sounds like it was a good thing you only used 1/2!

Less feeding, water changes, syphon out as much as you can during the water change, patience! It will eventually go away by doing this. Your system just has to have time to leach out all the nitrates and phosphates that have built up in the rock. Another temporary fix, and will sometimes break the cycle of Cyano, is going 3 days with no lights. Your corals will be fine and your fish will be too. I have not gotten any Cyano in my current setup even though it is fairly new. I attribute this to me feeding a cube of Mysis split over 3 days instead of 1 a day like I was doing before. My fish all look just as fat and I have had far less algae on the glass too.

I will start this by saying that I am the only person that I have heard of this happening to. So the chances of everything being fine for you are probably pretty good. I just want it to be known that the possibility is there so use at your own risk. A while back in my old 125g tank I had done a tear down and rebuild after an infestation of Majanos (that is a whole other thread). After the tank had been restarted for a couple months I had a pretty persistent bout of Red Slime otherwise known as Cyanobacteria. I finally got sick of it enough that I decided to use a Red Slime Remover. I will leave the brand unknown since I am not sure it was brand specific. I had never used chemicals on my tank before other than dosing Calcium and the occasional buffer. I never liked the idea, but I was really tired of the slime. So I followed the directions to a T. In fact, I slightly under-dosed to account for displaced water by rock. That evening the red slime was turning brown and looked to be dying as I went to bed. The next morning I walk into the living room to a white tank. It was so milky I couldn't see the back glass. I immediately turned the skimmer back on and did a 25g water change that I had already prepared. The skimmer went haywire but after backing it down as far as I could it started to skim. The skimmate was Kool-aid red. It filled the cup in about 1/2 an hour. I emptied it and it was full again in about an hour and a 1/2. Then after another cleaning it took about 3 more hours to fill up again although much less red. In the mean time the water change had helped to clear the water enough to see what was going on. All 3 of my clams were toast. All my Acros were shedding flesh, and all my Nassarius snails had surfaced and flipped and were dead. Strangely everything else seemed unaffected. I contacted the manufacturer and they didn't believe me at first, but after much questioning the owner finally decided to have me talk to the veterinarian on staff. I talked with him for almost 2 hours. What we finally came to a conclusion on was that I had some rare creature or bacteria or something in my tank that reacted to the chemical and released a toxin that was poisonous to only certain animals. The company made a half-hearted attempt at covering me for the $500+ of corals and clams I had lost. So moral of the story, there is no such thing as a reef safe chemical. There is always a risk when dosing a chemical to get rid of something. We know so little in the grand scheme of things when it comes to the ocean it would be impossible for a company to know for sure that their product wont harm every tank it is put into. So while it has worked for thousands of people very successfully, I will never use a chemical on my tank again.

The straight answer is you need more light. You would need at least a 150w MH or 4-5 T5 high output bulbs to keep an anemone. Especially the tougher ones like carpets. Just remember the color or spectrum is the k rating. When it comes to having enough light this number doesn't directly relate. The wattage is what you need to look at to know if you have enough. The thing is with anemones is there are other factors that will play are large part in their success other than the light. They need a mature, stable aquarium. I would highly recommend going for a Bubble Tip instead of a carpet. They are much hardier and easier to keep. Read this article: Anemones It is a great overview and good starting point.

Once again I will not be able to make it.

Yeah the actinics don't add a whole lot when it comes to overall wattage. It is the color they emit that the corals need. I think what you are proposing would be the perfect amount of light. You just have to find the right color MHs to mesh with your actinics to give you a pleasing color.

I didn't mean to be snippy, but as Chrispar said the same question has been asked multiple times, and once in a thread about starting a business selling these anemones. I just feel it is completely irresponsible, regardless of age, to try to keep an animal that you don't know how to care for. If these were puppies that someone didn't know how to feed or take care of people would be screaming from the roof tops to stop. Christian I am sorry if I offended you. You seem like a nice person. I just want you to learn what you are doing before buying these animals, not as you go along. For your sake, and theirs.

Your corals need the spectrum that the actinics give off to have the proper color. They are for more than just what pleases the eye.

Any reason to not run the actinics through the day?

Christian you really need to do some research outside of asking questions here. There are more resources than you could wrap your head around if you do a google search (I remember someone telling you to do that already). You still don't get the concept that spectrum of light is not near as important as the strength or wattage. 14,000k is the color that's it. PLEASE go read some books or webpages on anemone care. Otherwise you are asking for trouble.

Well everything is looking fine today. The corals are opened up again except a couple that were looking bad before the shredding. Carbon is my friend! Thanks to all who offered help!

Had to be in the last 4 hours. We left at 4 and it was sitting in its normal spot in the front. There was a big chunk sitting on the side of my chalice but other than that I didn't see any sitting on anything else.

Yeah I figured it's better to be safe than sorry. Some of the corals are not looking very happy.

Congrats! Great name!

My anemone decided to wander into a powerhead today. I now have a milky tank. I would love someone to babysit some of my more prized Acans, a chalice and a couple SPS frags. If anyone is available I would greatly appreciate it. I have removed all chunks that I could find and started running fresh carbon. I am going to start making water for a water change tomorrow. Any help would be awesome. 512-657-5472

That's pretty cool! How do you know him?

Here is mine last night shot with my iPhone.