Bulb Anemone

[Budde]

What do you recommend for an Anemone?

 

[kkyyllee]

metal halide lighting, a tank 6+months old, 20+gallon tank

 

[Musho3210]

really i would say stay away from anemones simply because i have only heard success stories from very experianced reefers and from people with big tanks. I havent seen many success stories with anemones in nanos either (although i have seen some people do it).

Plus these anemones in the wild could probably live longer than you.... If you do decide to get one, start off with an aquacultured one.

 

[bambam]

i have a anemone (bubble top) in my tank for over 4 months now and its doing amazing... im a complete newbie when i started... i dont have any metal halide lighting.... my anemone is doing awsome and growing very fast

 

[Dorkhedeos]

Plus these anemones in the wild could probably live longer than you.... If you do decide to get one, start off with an aquacultured one.

anemone will outlive you, your children, your children's grandchildren, your children's grandchildren's grandchildren...you get the point, they wont die as long as you keep them in good water with good light. anemone show no signs of aging, so they never die as long as they are in suitable conditions, dont have any sicknesses or really bad wounds.

 

[Budde]

i have a anemone (bubble top) in my tank for over 4 months now and its doing amazing... im a complete newbie when i started... i dont have any metal halide lighting.... my anemone is doing awsome and growing very fast

What do you use for Lighting?


Thanks,
Josh

 

[kkyyllee]

really i would say stay away from anemones simply because i have only heard success stories from very experianced reefers and from people with big tanks. I havent seen many success stories with anemones in nanos either (although i have seen some people do it).

Plus these anemones in the wild could probably live longer than you.... If you do decide to get one, start off with an aquacultured one.

in wild anemones will live forever with good conditions, metal halide isnt required, but its best

 

[bambam]

for lighting i use a 50/50 actinic and 10,000k daylight its a unit brand corallife

 

[Musho3210]

PC im guessing

 

[bambam]

no pc heres the link to what i use http/www.bigalsonline.ca/BigAlsCA/ctl366...oonglowledlamps

 

[Musho3210]

look like pcs to me.

 

[kkyyllee]

those are pc

 

[bambam]

ok sorry im still a newbie to all the equipment so with that being said i would have 192 watts for a 65 gallon tank whick works out to be close to 3 watts per gallon............. whats the recommended watts/gallon?

 

[kkyyllee]

watts per gallon is kinda like the inch/gallon rule, and you shouldnt use it, it really dpeends on the type of lighting and depth of the tank

 

[Musho3210]

whats brighter? A 65 watt pc bulb or a 70 watt mh bulb, and one of them is brighter by a large amount, and has more PAR.