Long tentacle anemone vs Acan

[BioMan]

Hello, in my 29 gallon biocube thats 2 years old, a long tentacle anemone lives there and relocates once every few months, today i woke up to him open and in middle of a flat rock I've been growing 5 different color colonies of acans on and wonder will he sting them all to death, ANY feedback is fine I've grown each single head to 4-10 heads and don't want these guys dead.
Phosphates, nitrates, nitrites-0 (according to ATI kit), water 80*F

 

[Hefe-Weizen]

That's why I don't like LTAs. They are very finicky. They will wage war on your acans. Someone needs to be moved.

 

[BioMan]

That's why I don't like LTAs. They are very finicky. They will wage war on your acans. Someone needs to be moved.

I don't have any space in that 29 for him, I have a 120 thats almost done cycling,,I'm in the diatom phase, do you think I can put him in there yet?

 

[reefs4life]

If you're talking about 5 different acan colonies and only one anemone I would say the choice is pretty clear, get rid of the anemone.

Can you put the anemone in the 120? How many months has it been since you set it up? I honestly wouldn't mess with putting an anemone in a tank with unstable water parameters, that's why they move and all.

 

[BioMan]

My 120 is new 3 weeks, i had to take it down because I tried cutting corners and using somebody else's sand and water that had copper in it and killed off a lot of snails and corals. Now I've got 96lbs of live sand and RO/DI water, IO salt and another 100lbs +/- rock cured.

 

[KathyC]

I don't have any space in that 29 for him, I have a 120 thats almost done cycling,,I'm in the diatom phase, do you think I can put him in there yet?

No, you'll kill him, anemones require a stable tank and a new tank is far from stable.

Can you move the acans out of his way under he settles down somewhere?
Did you change something in the 29 that caused him to move?

 

[BioMan]

No, you'll kill him, anemones require a stable tank and a new tank is far from stable.

Can you move the acans out of his way under he settles down somewhere?
Did you change something in the 29 that caused him to move?

Nothing has changed (except water of course) in the past 3 months except I added a small 1"elegance coral opposite the acan garden last week. Do you think he was trying to make his way over to get him?

 

[Hefe-Weizen]

I find that LTAs require very little change in parameters/lighting/water flow to annoy them into moving. Very temperamental. I agree that you should 86 the anemone.