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How big are the brains?

I have 3 of these in my nano! Never seem to bother anything. They can be observed grazing on algae if I'm care enough not to spook them. I think my Banded coral shrimp is a bigger nuisance than these guys.

Congrats, you got yourself free fish n chips.

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Bristle worm is different from feather dusters. The former is a pest while the later is harmless. For the former, you can consider running the LR through fresh water to dislodge the bristle worm. Just long enough to get the worm out but not too long to harm your Zoa. Banded Coral Shrimps and Royal Dottybacks are said to be good at hunting bristle worms but I've not notice my BCS hunting any worms.

how big is your torch?

I have a 5" sabae in my 25liter nano. Never bothers any fish. It even helps me clear up any dead livestock by eating them. So my expensive buys never go to waste if they didn't survive.

Here's the picture of my sabae anemone.

I've had my purple tip sabae for more than 4 months now. It's now in it's healthy reddish brown hue. It is about 5 inches in diameter when fully extended. It was totally bleached when I first bought it. It looked irresistable with the white purple contrast and little did I know that this meant it was a bad specimen until I did a fair bit of research on the Net. I followed some advice and fed it raw shrimp and silver sides every other day at first and then now down to 1 to 2 times a week. The zooxanthellae gradually returned after the 3rd week of feeding. It required lots of TLC and I have to make sure it had gobbled up the food with its mouth fully shut or else my banded coral shrimp will yank the food right out of its mouth. It first attached itself to a live rock but had now settled unto the tank glass bottom. I got a saddleback clown and it hosted with the sabae and are now best buddies. The clown has a soft bed to sleep on every night and the sabae get free cleaning and security services. I believe the presence of the clown had increased the sabae's recovery rate tremendiously. However, a load of research into clown and anemone compatibility needs to be done to increase the chance of successful hosting. I also had an ocellaris clown that would not even get close to the sabae. Info on the net indicates that anemones live for a VERY long time (as in up to a century) so the reefer need to be really sure that it's something that he/she wants in the tank.

I think they are reef safe. I have 3 in my 25 liter nano with yellow polyps, leather, and a sabae anemone. The crabs had been there ever since the first live rock went into the tank. Caused no problems.