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11-02-2007, 10:25 PM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: fullerton ca
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 |  clown fish and anenom\e
I have a fishtank with regular lighting i want to put an anenome in there i will buy a small coral light just for one area of the tank with this work? | 
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11-02-2007, 10:43 PM
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| | Zoanthid
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: valencia,pa. Age: 34
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unfortunately anemones need more light than alot of corals
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55 gallon reef with 4x54 watt t5,29 gallon sump,red monti cap,1blue echinophyllia,trumpet,red lobo,2 toadstools 1purple and 1neon,gsp,xenia and yellow xenia,red ,many mushrooms,2 giant frilly shrooms,cabbage coral,yellow polyps,many zoos,1 orange and one neon green nepthia,duncans,cladiella | |
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11-02-2007, 11:27 PM
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| | Fire Worm
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so it will not work | |
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11-03-2007, 12:06 AM
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| | Montipora Capricornis
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 30
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i fell in that trap , i believed a LFS store clerk and bought a $80.00 GBTA that pretty much went to @#$% in a matter of months. now 2-3 years later its just coming back when i put T5ho on the tank its taken another 6months to start to fill out again and it split last week !!:Halloween49:
so moral to the story lights and good water parameters , stable temp are very important with keeping anemones .. _________ 4x24w T5ho 135ltr/35gal marine cube 15kg of liverock Mandarin Goby  Got Questions? Need Answers?
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11-03-2007, 08:41 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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Originally Posted by kFAMOUSK  i will buy a small coral light just for one area of the tank with this work? | I'm not sure what you mean by "a small coral light?" | |
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11-03-2007, 02:07 PM
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| | Fire Worm
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its like a small 10 gallon light lid with the special light for plants to grow. | |
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11-03-2007, 02:51 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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In general, I think anemone's do need a good deal of light. My big one in my main tank parked itself pretty much right under the 250w HQI pendant I have on one side. Has done very well over the years...
However I do have a couple small GBTA's in my 12 Gallon Nano, with only 24w of light. May be small size of tank, and close proximity to light, but they appear to be doing ok (since ~June)...not growing much but look healthy. _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
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11-04-2007, 05:37 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
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Originally Posted by kFAMOUSK its like a small 10 gallon light lid with the special light for plants to grow. | Without knowing exactly what kind of bulbs that lid has, it's not possible to tell if it's suitable to keep anemones alive. Plants require much different light strength and spectrum so if the lid has bulbs to grow plants, I would rule out using them to grow corals or anemones. | |
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11-04-2007, 08:25 AM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
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Originally Posted by amcarrig Without knowing exactly what kind of bulbs that lid has, it's not possible to tell if it's suitable to keep anemones alive. Plants require much different light strength and spectrum so if the lid has bulbs to grow plants, I would rule out using them to grow corals or anemones. |
Very true...is a 50/50 in my Nano. | |
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11-04-2007, 09:21 AM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: fullerton ca
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what is the purpous of chillers is it becease the water gets heated up by the light or what | |
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