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Who keeps BTA’s with SPS?

JD'sReef

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I have a 54corner mixed reef with two beginner SPS’s. I have always had an anemone and clown as my show piece but been getting into SPS as of lately. My RBTA has not split or moved in over two years until the other month. I was playing with the spectrum and intensity of my hydro and my anemone went hiding. After a few days and putting the light back to its original settings, four rbta’s emerged.
I was debating over which Acro to get when this happened and now I am wondering if I should risk it? I would hate for one of these guys to wonder around again and kill my new SPS.
Any advice or am I just overthinking things? Do a lot of you keep SPS’s and anemones together?
Thanks
J.
 

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I have kept both in the past. I never had super fancy and expensive SPS corals like @BiGGiePauls33 does but I never really had issues with them moving once they found their spot. The splits were concurring but if they got too close to an SPS I would put a powerhead on them to highly motivate them to relocate!
 
I keep my RBTA right next to my two beginner SPS with no issues. They've been there for seven months and have been thriving—they've both colored up beautifully and have nearly doubled in size.
 
As long as they don't touch, I had a BTA right up against my acro and over time the acro can die back where it constantly get rubbed by the tentacles
 
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