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Acclimate s. haddoni to new lighting?

post #1 of 8
1/14/12 at 9:31pm
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I have had my haddoni anemone under sub par flourescent lighting. Today i purchased 2x150 metal halide lighting.Will ithurt him if i just put the new lighting over him he is about 18 inches beneath them on the tanks bottom? I read somewhere that he may release his algae and bleach himself if i dont acclimate him?
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post #2 of 8
1/15/12 at 5:23am

yes you can kill your anemone by suddenly increasing lighting.

 

I would place several layers (about 4) of window screen between your new lights and the anemone and remove one layer every 2 weeks to slowly acclimate him to the new lighting. if he acclimates faster on his own he will move out from under the screen to get to the brighter light.

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post #3 of 8
1/15/12 at 5:29am

Reef where the heck have you been?

 

 

 

Back to the thread.

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post #4 of 8
1/16/12 at 3:36am
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Originally Posted by spanko View Post

Reef where the heck have you been?

 

 

 

Back to the thread.



on hiatus my freind. been really busy, also been trying my hand at freshwater heavily planted tanks, for a change.

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post #5 of 8
1/16/12 at 4:57am

FRESHWATER??????

 

I have seen some real nice salt planted tanks out there, just sayin...

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post #6 of 8
1/16/12 at 6:21am

after losing almost $7,000 worth of livestock due to an piece of equipment failure I decided I wasn't going to rebuild right away. I didn't have the heart or the money to dive right back in. I may set up something smaller in the future but for now I am a freshie

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post #7 of 8
1/16/12 at 6:42am
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Originally Posted by reefkprZ View Post

after losing almost $7,000 worth of livestock due to an piece of equipment failure I decided I wasn't going to rebuild right away. I didn't have the heart or the money to dive right back in. I may set up something smaller in the future but for now I am a freshie


I'm so sorry to hear of your loss...what equipment? My tank killer was a broken heater...it zapped the entire tank.
 

 

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post #8 of 8
1/17/12 at 3:15am

Automatic top off I had it hooked so when over filled the tank drained down a drain so I would have less water accidents......   so it kept pumping freshwater into the tank at a trickles pace I never noticed until it was too late.

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