So I've been considering adding an anemone and I'm between a sebae and a bubble tip. I tried a bubble tip when my tank was about 4 months old before I should have. Sadly it died as the tank was not quite mature enough and I did not do enough research. I was hoping to get an opinion on the liklihood of success for me now. My tank is a 40 gallon reef that has been up for just about a year now. I have about 65lbs of live rock, and an aquaticlife 4 bulb T5HO with moonlight LEDs. 2 actinics and 2 10k bulbs. I have a 30 gallon sump fuge with a coralife 65 super skimmer (I know it's not the best but it's been getting the job done with a few tweaks). I have a 550gph koralia, and a 750gph koralia, plus the return pump from sump ehich is running about 300gph. My most recent readings are:
Sg-1.025
Ammonia-0
Nitrates- under 5
Calcium-440
Mag- 1340
Alk- 3.8/ 11meq/L
Nitrites-0
I dose a two part calcium/magnesium mixed with a dkh buffer because the saltwater I get from my LFS for water changes runs lower dkh but cal/mag is in range. I change 5 gallons per week and top off with RO from my lfs. My bioload is:
2 occellaris
1 orange spot shrimp goby
1 mandarin goby
2 skunk cleaners
2 peppermint shrimp
About 10 turbo snails
4 nassarius snails
I've had great success with corals and currently have:
1 branching frogspawn (3 heads)
1 torch (3 heads)
Two different zoa colonies
1 colony daisy polyps
1 colony xenia (that I trim often)
2 digis (orange and green)
1 green acro (not sure scientific name)
1 mummy eye chalice
1 pink birdsnest
I know this is a lot of info but I wanted to get the best possible responses. I'm hoping for advice on the two anems. I've done lots if research on both types, but am hoping for advice on the best means of acclimation, care, and any additional comments and advice. Thanks in advance! If you need any other info, let me know!



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