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Old January 27th 06, 07:12 PM posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Default Is bubble-tip anemone right for me?

Hello,
For some time I've been thinking about getting bubble-tip anemone for
my tank.
My tank is about 1.5 years old and has a pair of Clark's clowns,
yellow tang and a pair of Mandarins.
I have couple of SPS/LPS corals (don't remember lathing names, but
common names are cat's paw coral, elk horn coral and frogspawn) and one
yellow leather coral. In addition there are several colonies of star
polyps and zoos.
I think that water conditions are good enough for this anemone, but I'm
concerned about thriving population of bristle worms and all kinds of
pods, sidewinder shrimp and so on (i.e. can they be harmful to
anemones?) Also, will this anemone kill corals while wandering around?
I'm aware about the controversy related to keeping anemones in
captivity, but in case of this LFS, the thing will dye anyway, but
I'd like not to kill anything in process of "rescuing" it.

Also, one of my local LFS also has "albino Sabae". Some time ago I saw
a posting from a guy that managed to get his Sabae to restore the
algae. Is this worth the effort, or the guy (anemone) is a goner?

The setup is:
90 gal. (2' deep) tank with DSB + 30 gal sump/refugium,
200 lbs of LR,
2x 175W 10000K MH + 2 x 55W "deep blue" CF actinic
2x 900 GPH pumps on SQUID and Sea swirl
Euroreef skimmer (forgot the model but it's rated for

TIA
Yuriy