caepet anenome

[flamehawk]

Been thinking of buying a carpet anenome. I've been told they are pretty hardy and don' t require alott of light, I have a 125g and for lighting -1- 20000k 48" light along with 2- blue actenic 24", and an additional 24" 50blue/ 50- 6,000k9or better known as 50/50 bulb. Do I have enough light? Survivability scale? Are they consider hardy or sensitive for anenome's that is? Do you actually feed them directly? Additives? I also have mushrooms and leather coral. It's a sand bed bottom.
Is coral vidal , made by Marc Weiss a good additive?

 

[sistrmary]

They grow very rapidly and will eat about anything it can get its' nematocysts on (just about anything that moves) Pretty tough as far as anemones are concerned.
As long as you don't want fish, shrimp, etc lol (Including clownfish...although ironically enough, most clownfish will take to the carpets...they just get eaten when they do.)

 

[casey]

I am looking at MH lighting and I was wondering if your 20,000k lighting is really blue. Also do you kow what color 5,500k and 10,000k lighting looks like (color wise) I want to have a blue color to my tank to make the color of fish and corals illuminate.

 

[flamehawk]

20000k is not blue. I have two 24 inch blue actenics which are blue.

 

[slick]

Um 20,000k Is blue. What color do you think actinics are?
10,000k is bright white
5,500k is yellow

 

[bang guy]

Originally posted by flamehawk
I've been told they are pretty hardy and don' t require alott of light,
You were told wrong.
They are not impossible to keep but they are definately not easy. As stated above they eat fish... and they need a lot of them. They also get very large.
Gorgeous animals but I do not recommended them.
No comment on the Marc Weiss product.

 

[bang guy]

Originally posted by slick
Um 20,000k Is blue. What color do you think actinics are?
10,000k is bright white
5,500k is yellow
Hey Slick.
I agree with you that 20,000K has a nice blue tint.
Actinics do not have a Kelvin color rating... it is infinite. The scale stops at 20,000K.

 

[slick]

Right but that was the only way I could make my point.

 

[jonthefb]

if im thinkinig correctly, 4400K is a typical cool white flourescent bulb that we sell for shop lights at home depot, so 5500K would be a littl more towards the yellow spectrum, as are 6500k and 7500K. 10000k is leaning more towards the white/blue color, while 20000 is very blue
good luck
jon