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[@ombomb]

Take photos without the flash!

How big's the tank?

Looks a bit on the small side for the flame angel.

The Anemone is a concern also, really not suited to nanos

 

[nanocubeking]

really? i asked the pet store and they said that it would be fine in the 24 gallon

 

[@ombomb]

It's really pushing it...

There's some disagreement re dwarf angels and nanos. I have a 24G cube also and would consider a flame angel if it wasn't for my sixline wrasse. It looks fairly young so you're probably OK for a while anyway, just stock very lightly.

I would definitely remove the anemone, looking at your other threads your tank is only newly set up and doesn't have enough lighting to keep it happy. You need to slow down or things will get ugly quickly, from what i can see your tank is weeks old at most and you already have two fish and several corals in there... that's too quick, the anemone is madness.

 

[nanocubeking]

i got the water checked out. every thing was good they said... i told they every thing i had in the tank they said it wouldn't be to much a one time. but why do you say the anenome is pushing it???

 

[@ombomb]

because they are extremely hard to care for, they need good flow (not sure on yours), high lighting (not enough in those cubes) and excellent water conditions. Even in a much larger tank, with much better lighting, I wouldn't add one until the tank was 6 months or more old. The older a tank gets, the more mature the rock and bacterial colonies become and the more stable the water conditions are. A new nano is about as unstable as a tank can be. What exactly did the guys the the shop test for? I'm guessing it was just amonia / nitrite, no iodine or any trace elements the anemone needs...

In the entire time I've been keeping a nano tank, in all the reading i've done, the only anemones which I know of or have read any accounts of doing well in a nano are aiptasia...

 

[nanocubeking]

because they are extremely hard to care for, they need good flow (not sure on yours), high lighting (not enough in those cubes) and excellent water conditions. Even in a much larger tank, with much better lighting, I wouldn't add one until the tank was 6 months or more old. The older a tank gets, the more mature the rock and bacterial colonies become and the more stable the water conditions are. A new nano is about as unstable as a tank can be. What exactly did the guys the the shop test for? I'm guessing it was just amonia / nitrite, no iodine or any trace elements the anemone needs...

In the entire time I've been keeping a nano tank, in all the reading i've done, the only anemones which I know of or have read any accounts of doing well in a nano are aiptasia...

they tested and said it wouldnt be a problem to put one in. tanks got great flow. the worst thing thats happened to anything in the tank is that the clowns fought. and the tank has already cycled... ive had it for probably about 2 1/2 months. little bits of coraline on the coral.do you want to know my lighting. like the wattage. the type and how many ive got.

 

[kkyyllee]

ur tnak is suited for the anemone or the flame angel, ur lfs really just wants to make some money

 

[@ombomb]

it's irrelevant, put enough light over the tank to light a football pitch and the anemone is still a bad idea I'm afraid. They were wrong to recommend it and I think just about anyone who isn't trying to SELL you an anemone would agree with me.