Nems in mixed reef

Any one here have any in there tank with other coral? Will they get along with other coral or sting bad or hurt them

 

i believe the genral rule is "scape around a nem and not vise versa" once an anemone has found a spot it wont move much, and you can then place corals accordingly. this however is in no way a guarantee that it will remian in said spot. it may decide to start roaming again at some point (especialy if it starts splitting). so i guess proceed with caution. any anemone to my knowledge packs a powerful punch and will ultimately harm corals should it get into contact with them.

 

+1 Generally not a good idea unless its a large system.Even then it is still a serious risk.

 

It's just a risk...

I had one, now I have two; twice as much to worry about. The second one is about 4" away from where it's been the past 3 months. There's just no cut/dry method to keeping them contained, the tank is the container.

I did go a while without one and I didn't mind it. I didn't really want this one, but we all know how that goes.

 

While I never had a nem injure or kill a coral, I have lost a few fish and shrimp that became dinner while trying to steal the nem's food.

 

Lookin at a bubble tip so tempting

 

My rbta has been a model citizen for 2 years. She has stayed exactly where I put her and when she split her clone has stayed right next to her.

My Colorado sunburst on the other hand is on her 3rd spot in 6 months and she almost killed off my Joes rainbow before I had a chance to move it. Right now she is sitting dead center of 3 or 4 medium sized prized sps colonies. I'm going to need to make a call at some point, but I forsee the Colorado getting rehomed.

Edit, my tank is a 150

 

Wait you have a Joe's Rainbow! Why have I not seen it in the Acropora thread?


It's my experience that a larger tank is advisable. The smaller the tank the greater the risk.

I recently removed my Carpet for fear the anemone would roam and kill corals or fall victim to a power head.

Maxi-mini anemones are small, do not move frequently but one of my mini's is rubbing up against the base of one of my acropora and causing it so much stress I must intervene.

The risk associated with housing an Anemone in a mixed reef is more then I am willing to tolerate.