I have never heard of a "mini" bta.. just small baby ones. Is that like a "mini" elephant? They always grow fairly quickly under good lighting, so you may get 6 months with a baby before you have to replace it.
While I agree on the tank size.. the lighting.. personally I think it would work, heck, it is about the same light that I have now and I can grow SPS corals.
Think about it.. rough off the top of my head numbers for my 29G tank, 6x24w T5HO, -2 for Actinic.. 4x24w=280 PAR, so that is almost 10 PAR per gallon.. If he has 2x20w T5HOs, puts in 2 12K bulbs instead of 1 actinic, that will give him probably a little over 100 PAR for a 10Gallon tank, still = 10 PAR per gallon.
Regardless, I still wouldn't put any anemone in a 10G tank.
if i was a newbie(still am) i wouldnt go get clam or anemone in the beginning due to high demanding. FOWLR is already high demanding enough for me, well not much now =)
as for effective cost, phew dont even wanna go there but let me tell you this it will be enough for you to get a decent car. :thumbsup:
p.s my tank costs me more than my ex-gf but im glad
Hi there...there are lots of beautiful soft corals that would give you the look of a flowing anemone and work well in that size tank as long as you got decent lights...at least T5HOs (not just T5s).
I would stock with great live rock (Tampa Bay Salt Water is where I would go to get it...your tank is "made" with just your LR order) and slowly add a few corals. You can probably have two small fish...a clown and a firefish maybe.
There are corals that look just like anemones to me and clown fish are so weird about what they host with that they will host with these corals just as easily as they might to an anemone.
I would definitely do a refugium with a tank that small to add some stability to the water parameters.
They always grow fairly quickly under good lighting, so you may get 6 months with a baby before you have to replace it.
