Enough light for anemones?

impulse-ive

Member
I have a 55 gal corner tank. I bought off a guy on craigslist. The lights it came with are 24" long, has 4 bulbs, 2 are blue and 2 are white. It says Coralife 96w next to the bulbs. I'm assuming 2 are actynic. Do you think I need to add lighting to support an anemone?
Here is the tank...
 

brokendeck

Active Member
You are prolly gonna need more light for the anemone. Are the bulbs 96 watts each or the total amount of watts is 96? If total amount of lights is 96 watts you are gonna need more light. Very nice tank thou.
 

impulse-ive

Member
I'm assuming 96 each...even a regular bulb in a house socket is 70watts. is that a bad assumption? I don't think they made lights that small but i'm not up on my lights.
 

spanko

Active Member
The power compact bulbs you have will not support an anemone. The PAR values of these bulbs are not strong enough. (PAR=Photosynthetically Active Radiation)
 
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