How to successfully keep Bubble Tip Anemones - 5 Easy tips for beginners

[@marineaquarium5235]

Thanks for sharing your experience. I'll add some tips. Research the anemone first, what ocean is it from? What will be the size of the anemone 3-4 years down the line? Be careful with high flow, bubble tips can be easily damaged as newer equipment has become so powerful it's easy to overdo it. Educate yourself of colored anemone's for sale (dyed). If you want to host the anemone, is your potential host even from the same ocean? I'd personally wait at least 6 months minimum on a brand new setup. As a beginner you need to get your routine down and push for stability over time, not just one or two zero number readings. Patience, research, and learning is part of the hobby and will add to your enjoyment, rushing in may be gratifying at first, but is not a good habit to get into, you will learn this over time. If this is your very first tank, unless you are rich, you will probably be fiddling a lot and adding/swapping equipment etc. Take it easy on adding livestock, enjoy the process. Oh, don't feed once a week at first. Wait a few weeks, let the organism settle then feed sparingly once a month, very small pieces. If the anemone regurgitates, it's too big of a piece, wait a few days and try again with something much smaller or a powdered alternative... Good luck! As a beginner, welcome and enjoy your new hobby. Sorry for writing a book in the comment, I'm not online very often...

[@TheCoralReefTalk]

Thanks for sharing your tips as well, there's some good stuff in there. I love it when we come together as a community to help each other and those looking to get into the hobby. Thanks so much for the comment and being apart of thecoralreeftalk family.

[@leeandmandybattersby5958]

i am going to be adding a rainbow bubble tip to my fluval evo 13.5 next week .. this video was very helpfull

[@TheCoralReefTalk]

That's awesome rainbow bubble tips are really cool. I'm glad this video helped. Thanks for being apart of TheCoralReefTalk.

[@Davidsworldz]

I have a fluval 13.5 anemone only tank has it for 4 years now

[@thedylanwoody]

Did you keep stock light on your eco? I have the same one!

[@Nathan-wn5mc]

I always hear they like high water flow. Mine did not like high water. Great tips. Thank you.

[@xisotopex]

would it be a good idea to add an anemone first, before coral? that way they can get settled and you can work around them.

[@TheCoralReefTalk]

That would be one way to see where they establish themselves in the tank for sure. But if their environment changes later on like water flow etc then they can decide to move. However if they are really happy they can stay in one place for a while. But yeah you could definitely do that.

[@shawnphillips4772]

Can you put a ultra rainbow and regular rainbow anemone together

[@michelleparlett601]

My bubble tip found a great spot and has been there for mostly the year I have had it…. It used to open up bigger the first couple months and now it isnt…. My clown fish tries to rub on it but it seems like it just won’t open up enough and spread like before

[@JackOfAllTrades0404]

I have a tiny baby anemone a friend gave me because hers was splitting like crazy. every time I bought one it’d end up in the wave maker, so I haven’t bothered wasting money on one in years, but It’s been a few months now and it’s settled into one spot so I’m wondering when it’ll be large enough to start splitting off into little babies of its own to give to other friends in the hobby? Thanks!

[@THEFIFTHDIMENTION]

They will split at any time or some dont split at all. Some split so often that they end up with little clones each time. There is no telling. cover your wavemakes so they dont die.....

[@tasharice4166]

So you didn't learn from your mistake the first time and didn't cover the WaveMaker and still managed to get another one and suspected a different result...

[@vivid_kakerbaker729]

Do u thjnk a current marine orbit ic would be enough light

[@TheCoralReefTalk]

Looking at some of the specs for that light. It seems like it could be ok as it looks to get 220 par at 6inches and 100 par at 21in deep, However I have seen that most people are recommending two of them, depending on your tank size. I am a fan of the Core XP LED from aquatic life and hm electronics pretty comparable in price and its definitely more than enough.

[@vivid_kakerbaker729]

@@TheCoralReefTalkI’m really hoping I can keep one because I love how the clownfish host it

[@vivid_kakerbaker729]

@@TheCoralReefTalk nice video tho Ty for the tips

[@leonardoorlandini1521]

Hi, congratulations for the videos. I'm also using your same led lights (2 units), the aquarium has been running for a year now but it has had various problems (dino and cyan) and now even the soft corals are struggling. ICP and DOM tests always ok but little growth if not regression. I'm having trouble getting the healthy green patina on the glass. I was wondering if you could share your ceiling light QR set with me to compare with mine. Thank you

[@SanDiegoBoxes]

Awesome video thanks man

[@TheCoralReefTalk]

Thank you so much, I'm glad you got value from it. Thank you so much for watching.

[@rhombifer566]

i did it’s doing just fine

[@Theplagueisinyou]

Nice!

[@gilbertocabuena8102]

How are the core XPs treating you so far?

[@TheCoralReefTalk]

I am enjoying them. The coverage is great. I have recently been changing the schedule a little bit, adjusting intensity and stuff. Thanks for asking Do you have Core XP as well?

[@gilbertocabuena8102]

I just recently bought the CoreXP. The price on Amazon was to good to pass up. Looking to see what kind of spectrum have you been using?

[@TheCoralReefTalk]

@@gilbertocabuena8102 Awesome. I have been using the Hawaii preset Setting and have adjusted some of the blue settings for later in the day.

[@reefkeeperspencer4046]

Thank youv

[@TheCoralReefTalk]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@JustaGirlWhoLovesRats]

Thanks for the tips! These are great to know :)

[@TheCoralReefTalk]

You're very welcome! Glad they were helpful. Thanks so much for watching.

[@marc5396]

Why are the tentacles on my bubble tip anemone so small, they where long for awhile and now they’re almost nonexistent

[@TheCoralReefTalk]

Sometimes they can deflate, but what do your parameters look like, has the flow changed in that area recently?

[@yahairavelez9986]

Thanks

[@TheCoralReefTalk]

You're welcome thanks for checking out the video 🙂

[@denlaugal]

How about ideas on how to get rid of them… my tank is infested with them.

[@cochisestar3120]

What causes anemones to lose there stickiness?

[@TheCoralReefTalk]

In what situation? Sometimes they decide to move around to find a better location and flow.

[@cochisestar3120]

@@TheCoralReefTalk I've had several reefs with thriving corals even sps. But when I get anemone they get to the point they won't eat and there stickiness goes away so there food is gone with the flow. They last a while but just get smaller and smaller until they just go.

[@TheCoralReefTalk]

@@cochisestar3120 That's a tough one. I went through that a couple times years ago when I had a 75gallon. It could be a lighting issue either not enough or to much possibly. I did see a post that talked about if the anemone is fighting something off or maybe has a rip in the foot, that it's focusing it's energy there and may loose stickiness.

[@TheCoralReefTalk]

@@cochisestar3120 acclimate slowly to your aquarium because the water it comes in could be drastically different then your reef. How long after you introduce it until it goes bad?

[@cochisestar3120]

@@TheCoralReefTalk issues show after 2 months or so.

[@justanimals4280]

I have to feed my btas. They bleach if I don't

[@TheCoralReefTalk]

really, How often do you feed them? How large are they?

[@justanimals4280]

@@TheCoralReefTalk I have a large-ish rbta, and a smol rainbow bta. I feed them once a week with raw shrimp.

[@nls61800]

I'm kinda confused now I was told to feed my bta every 3 days ??? Is that not right

[@c0kement0s]

Did not see any clowns hosting your Anemone...have they not done it?

[@shipmate3577]

I recommend against these things. They can be fun, but 90% of the time, they can be annoying - sting your other corals, get into filtration, split quickly and slow tank over a tank. If you keep anything but soft corals, the anenome will kill them.

[@xisotopex]

I suppose my clownfish could host in something else besides anemones

[@tasharice4166]

Clowns dont host.. the anemone does the hosting. ​@@xisotopex

[@kristopherilich6782]

@@Evergreenroblox1 that sounds rather cruel, would you like to be glued down to something so you couldnt move? these are invertebrate creatures with an actual foot. Don't follow this guys advice.

[@scotttang6229]

Don’t think high flow is required. Many ppl grow their CSBs in a basket and flow is minimal there at best

[@rhombifer566]

i did it’s doing just fine