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kjh
24-12-06, 12:24
Hi and merry Xmas
Has anybody ever built a custom Aquaria with Anemone as the main focus or anemone Aquaria only, need help and ideas, Even pictures would be nice
Price is not a concern but would have to be done in stages, What equipment are people using etc.
I have to my Disposal already:-
Rigid pipework More than most Lfs
Eheim 1260 New
Deltec Type 35 new gifted to me Cheap
Down Side is the Aquarium cant be any Biger than about 70 uk imperail Gallons, I have kept Anemone to verry degrees of success, Quadricolour And Malu but in mixed tanks, the only reason I do Marines is for clown fish and anemone, but this may include some clams in the new tank.
Any way the Aquarium can be complete custom construction, with or without sump, Not to worried about Calcium reactors etc would rather use bottle elements on dosing pumps or manual addition, But not against using a calcium reactor and other equipment Would like to keep a Riteri so a Powerful halide is a must, Any questions fire away
Glass will be staphire as this is the industry I mainly work within

Please help I cant find anybody that has done this before

cheers
kjh:) :confused:

angelfishman
24-12-06, 14:36
your tank is a bit on the small side for anemones,a small bta or malu should be okay.i use closed loops in my system this prevents them from being sucked into pumps or powerheads.my tank contains 5 anemones,1 heteractis crispa over 2ft across,2 rbta about 16 ins across and 2 heteractis magnifica which are about 14ins across.they kept with a 9in blue r angel,8in blue face angel,5in blue face angel,7in moorish idol,5in yellow tang,i pair red sea clowns,i pair black perc clowns,1 fire clown,1 pair flame angels and 1 cleaner wrasse. the anemones are kept under 2-400w metal halides both 20,000k.to keep a heteractis magnifica you would need a 250w metal halide and strong water movement.derek

kjh
24-12-06, 15:02
Cheers anglefish
do you have any pics of your closed loops the intakes would be nice to see

cheers kjh