BTA under PC
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michaeltx
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In my experience with PC and BTA's is that they can LIVE under them but they wont thrive and have great coloration. They turn more brown and the growth rate is minimal. I would look at higher par lighting like t-5 or MH lighiting for a BTA.
My green BTA was under 110 watts of PC in a 30 gallon tank for almost 1year until I upgraded my lighting. It pretty much stayed the same as the day I bought it other than darkening in color. After upgrading tanks and lighting it got the great green color back and withing a few months doubled in size. To me that was more than enough proof to me that yes they can LIVE under PC but to thrive and grow they really need a higher par lighting than PC can provide them.
HTH
Mike
My green BTA was under 110 watts of PC in a 30 gallon tank for almost 1year until I upgraded my lighting. It pretty much stayed the same as the day I bought it other than darkening in color. After upgrading tanks and lighting it got the great green color back and withing a few months doubled in size. To me that was more than enough proof to me that yes they can LIVE under PC but to thrive and grow they really need a higher par lighting than PC can provide them.
HTH
Mike
ajer
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the tank is a 24 gallon. 15 inches deep although the anemone is only 6 inches from the surface. The light is 3 inches above the surface. I have 2 SunPaq 40 watt bulbs in (1 420/460 nm and 1 10,000 K daylight). This lamp comes out at 3.333 WPG. If this is not enough i was thinking about purchasing the 70 watt Viper HQI Clamp Lamp (I would prefer not to have to buy this because I was planning on getting a RO unit and that would be delayed by purchasing the new lamp). I would use the Viper in tandem with my current fixture, producing 150 watts (6.25 WPG)
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