easy anemone

[fishieness]

Originally Posted by colorteck
PC
one 260 and the other is 130.
you probalby could keep something like a bubble tip, but nothing like a carpet. but like said, your tank needs to be established, recomended is at least 6 months.
NEreef, you are correct about the actinics. the actinic and 20000K bulbs have a much lower par rating and doesnt give as much power that the corals and such can use.

 

[timer]

ty, its not white, it is like a peachy/rose tan color with green tips on its bulb ends. and it likes it up near the top. mild flow. about 8 inches under the surface of the water. when i first got it its health was ugly looking. i got a deal on it cuz it looked so crappy. the fish really seemed to help revive it.... oh and so did feeding it. lol which i didnt know i had to a couple months after buying it.

 

[timer]

i know my lights are underpowered for the tank i have. i am working on getting an upgrade.
but then again i added a mandarin to my tank a month after setting it up too

 

[nereef]

hey, where is Debbie in all of this? what size tank does she have? what light? filtration?

 

[fishieness]

Originally Posted by Timer
but then again i added a mandarin to my tank a month after setting it up too

.........did you happen to be extreamly lucky and find one that eats prepared foods?

 

[nereef]

Timer, do you have a wooden canopy? if so you could fit more PC on there. maybe go with 2 10000K and 2 50/50s retro style instead of the the blue actinics.

 

[timer]

nay. i did purposly buy a small one. but it had the "pinched flanks" as a lot of books tend to say to shy away from. but i had an explosion of pods i guess , hundreds covering the glass. so i figured it was time for the fish i set out to get.

 

[timer]

my tank is an open top 90 gallon mega flow from all-glass
light is Current USA 4x 65 sat. or something. it sits on legs

 

[nereef]

you're a lucky guy with the pods, Timer. usually takes longer than that.

 

[fishieness]

thats for sure, you must have gotten some quality rock. i ahve tons of pods in my 40 breeder. and ive crammed about 80 pounds of live rock in there, but im still goign to wait to get a mandarin until i convince my mom to let me get a refugium, at least like 15 gallons.

 

[debbie]

Debbie is right here, I think the anemone thing is definatley out then. I have had a tube anemone in my 10 gal, my poor clowns were terrified of it. I did not keep it long. My current tank is my 25 gal. My lights are the regular power glo 20 watt. So I know now that there is no type of anemone I can have. Maybe the fake kind....

My tank is mainly FOWLR plus I have a few mushrooms that have been multiplying like crazy. So I guess I should stick with them and maybe some polyps and zoos.
Deb

 

[nereef]

anemones can be tough to keep, especially without strong light. you could get some PC lights and add some zoos, polyps, and maybe some softies.

 

[chrisarca]

My LTA has been under 265 watts of PCs in mt 55 for Threes years and is thriving. Gonna have to get rid of him soon because its getting too big.

 

[mudplayerx]

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