Enough Light For Anemone?

[bacffin]

I have a 45 gallon tall that has been up and running for about 9 months. The height is 24" and I am using a coralife pc with 192 watts. Is that enough light to support an anemone? Do some species have different light requirements? My kids are looking for a clown and anemone and I am not sure if this will work. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Bruce

 

[bang guy]

Do you have any corals?
An RBTA would probably work but it will occationally wander and destroy corals.

 

[bacffin]

Nope, no corals, just fish, inverts and about 60lbs of live rock. I think I have some aptasia (sp?) growing in the crevasses of the live rock, so that is why I was asking about species. If that is capable of living in there, I assume others might too.
RBTA? Is that short for red bubble tip anemone? Time for some home work on these creatures

Thanks,
Bruce

 

[thomas712]

I would agree that a BTA might work, however I would have rockwork up above the 1/2 way mark of the tank so that it could climb up for more lighting.

 

[bacffin]

O-yes, the rock work is high in the tank.
Thanks

 

[bacffin]

Would you have a pic of a RBTA?

 

[bang guy]

Sure.

 

[bang guy]

I want to add a disclaimer on my picture. I do not recommend having more than 2 Clownfish in a tank. This family is in my lagoon so when they get kicked out of the Anemone they will have plenty of places to live far from the parents.

 

[bacffin]

Wow Bang that must be an awesome sight to witness.

Thanks for the pic. Does this species like rock more than sand? I was just reading Thomas's thread on selection and health and wanted to see a healthy one before I stop at the lfs to see some.
I only planned on 1 clownfish to begin with.
Thanks,
Bruce

 

[thegrog]

Originally Posted by Bacffin
Would you have a pic of a RBTA?
Here is my 3 year old RBTA.
The tenticals have gotten really long over the years. It is under 20,000K MH lights.

 

[thomas712]

Well of course I have to add one of mine, take your pic!

 

[bacffin]

Hey, thanks for the pics folks.

 

[viper_930]

Here's a pic of mine.

Notice how close the RBTA is to various other corals and the clam. IME with my two RBTAs, I've never lost any coral to anemone stings, though I know it's happened to other people.

 

[bacffin]

Hey guy's
Are these all the same species from the Entacmaea genre? :notsure: I'm getting confused now.
Thanks,
Bruce

 

[madison]

So...did we agree or disagree on why the BTA's loose the "bubble tip"?

 

[viper_930]

All the anemones shown here are Etacmaea quadricolor, common name bubble-tip anemone. Many people have theories about why some have the bubbles and some don't, but nobody knows for sure.

 

[skench]

I have a 25 Gal Tank with roughly 22-25Lbs of Rock. I'd like to get a RTBA.
Right now I have a 32w 10,000k Daylight/460nm Actinic lighting. Do I need to bump it up? If so, what would you recommend.
It's a fairly new set up <6months so I haven't introduced any corals yet, just the rock and of course fish. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

 

[viper_930]

skench, I'd say a minimum of 3x65 watt PC lights, but for almost the same price you could go with a Coralife clip-on aqualight which has a 150 watt metal halide light.

 

[ifusayso]

Viper, my RBTA looks very similar to yours in terms of size of tips and coloration. I've working at getting it healthy( I was ill-advised prior to learning of this board) and never did anything to feed it perse. Since mine now looks healthy like your RBTA(which is reassuring), I wanted to know about what things you do to keep yours healthy.
I think we have nearly the same wattage of lights I have 4 65 watt pc over a 55(4.7 watts per gallon). I have had it for about 1 1/2 years. What do you feed it, additives you use? I feed squid directly 1-2 times a week. For the whole tank, I used calcium(but at 460~ so I stopped), iodine, stontium, and dt's phytoplankton as suggested on the bottles.
Thanks, Heather
Sorry Bacffin for borrowing your thread...

 

[viper_930]

All I do is a 15% water change weekly on the tank. I don't add any additives except for cal/alk for adjustments.
I have a 150 watt MH + 2x65 watt PC lights. I have to admit I do not feed mine, but it still grows faster than I'd like. I've had the mother anemone, which split once, for almost 1 1/2 years. I know if I feed these more regularly they will split more often.