Carpet Anemone Requirements. Help!

[jesse!]

Hey, I wanted to know the specific requirements and needs of the Atlantic Carpet Anemone so it can live happily in my tank.
For better understanding I have a 29 gallon reef with a 55 gallon canister filter, 130 watt coralife light fixture (4.5 watts/gallon), and around 30 lbs. of liverock (another 20 lbs. to come). It's been up for about 6 months now and I wanted to get this anemone for a while for my perc.
Is my lighting strong enough for this Anemone?
Is my biological and mechanical filtration good enough?
Will I need to buy something for better water flow?
How much lighting a day is needed?
How often do you feed?
Thanks for all your posts!
-Jesse

 

[ebob954]

Hi there. I would really do some research on them. I find that percs dont even like some carpets. If you really want one I woul go with a saddle back carpet with a saddle back clown fish. They love swimming in them. I have mine for three years and they are in love. I eventually took it out cause they have a really strong sting and it killed 3 six line wrasses of mine. The saddle back carpet as a milder sting than all the others also. So be really careful.

 

[reefiness]

i wouldnt advise you to get a carpet anemone with that lighting. Carpets really need t5 or MH lights in order to get enough light

 

[jesse!]

Well thats too bad I cant get rid of my perc. They grow on to you I'm sure you know.
I think I'm just going to skip the aneome untill I get a new MH fixture when I upgrade.
Thanks for your info.
-Jesse

 

[sean48183]

Good Idea. Anenomes seem to really thrive under MH lighting.

 

[petjunkie]

Carpets are pretty difficult, really do best in stable tanks with metal halide lighting, plus they get pretty large, one would take over that size tank if it was healthy.

 

[ebob954]

I would go with a bubble tip anemone. They are easiest to maintain and percs love them. Why are you so set on a carpet just curious? Your light s will work fine with a bubble tip but MH wouldnt hurt.

 

[jesse!]

Originally Posted by ebob954
http:///forum/post/2964632
I would go with a bubble tip anemone. They are easiest to maintain and percs love them. Why are you so set on a carpet just curious? Your light s will work fine with a bubble tip but MH wouldnt hurt.
Really? I was set on the Carpet because I thought percs would choose that one. I have always really liked the bubbletip I did not realize that my set up would work for it.
Thanks so much for your reply's!
-Jesse