Bubble Tip Anemone lighting

shelseavet

shelseavet

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For a bubble tipped anemone in a 55 should i have flourescent light bulbs or coral life light bulgbs? All i have is aregular light fixture(cheapy comes with 55 gallon tank kit) that fits two bulbs but ive been reading and a lot of people say btas will do good with bright flourecent lighting is this true?
 
shelseavet

shelseavet

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For a bubble tipped anemone in a 55 should i have flourescent light bulbs or coral life light bulgbs? All i have is aregular light fixture(cheapy comes with 55 gallon tank kit) that fits two bulbs but ive been reading and a lot of people say btas will do good with bright flourecent lighting is this true?
 
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thomas712

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I suggest a minimum of 360 watts of VHO over a 55 gallon tank for good results. The normal ouput standard bulbs will not do for photosynthetic animals.
 
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essop3

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By bright florescent lighting they mean Power Compact (pc) or Very High Output (VHO). Coralife is one brand of light. You would need about 250w of one of those to satisfy the anemones lighting needs. Water stability and quality are huge issues to consider too. Tanks should be up about a year to improve your success.
 
r22wink

r22wink

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dont mean to jump in,, but is 500 watts of VHO different then 500 watt MH lights?.. MH support more??
 
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thomas712

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Originally Posted by r22wink
dont mean to jump in,, but is 500 watts of VHO different then 500 watt MH lights?.. MH support more??
Yes they are different. MH has much more power and PAR and reaches down to the bottom of the tank much better than any other lighting.
 
shelseavet

shelseavet

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When you say wattage do you mean the bulb wattage or the output? Because the regular light bulbs are 40 watt but they put out 175 watts of light (incandesent).
 
shelseavet

shelseavet

Member
if i do decide to use a regular fixture for an anemone would it be better to have reguular flouresent light bulbs=white or coralife light bulbs= purplish color or would it be better to use one of each in a two bulbed fixture?
 
littlebuck

littlebuck

Active Member
Originally Posted by Shelseavet
if i do decide to use a regular fixture for an anemone would it be better to have reguular flouresent light bulbs=white or coralife light bulbs= purplish color or would it be better to use one of each in a two bulbed fixture?
I would not use a reg floursent bulb for an anemone because it will not put off enought light and it will just die. So what is the since of doing that?
 
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