Hosting Clowns
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ryan115
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how much more lighting would i need to be able to have an anemone? I have some xenia, muchrooms, and polyps in the tank now and they are all doing fine. i figure right now i have 2.66 wpg are there any anemones that will host for about 4.3 wpg if i got rid of the flourescent and got another 65w PC? Also the anemone doesnt have to host percs, i would like to find an anemone that would be happy in my tank and then pick the hosting symbiont accordingly
viper_930
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IME it wouldn't work with 130w. I had a very beautiful 6" RBTA on the very top of the rocks with 130 watts. After a few months, even with supplemental feedings, it's fully expanded size was 3" and it wasn't something nice to look at. It was nearly dead, but then I upgraded to a 150 watt halide. That was about 8 months ago and I believe it's now recovered, and it just split about a month ago.
If I were you I'd just get a 150 watt DE halide and add it to the 65 watt PC you already have. Extra cost for the 150w halide would be about $150-200 A 14kk MH bulb with the PC actinic would look great.
If I were you I'd just get a 150 watt DE halide and add it to the 65 watt PC you already have. Extra cost for the 150w halide would be about $150-200 A 14kk MH bulb with the PC actinic would look great.
bang guy
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Originally Posted by Ryan115
if i cant fit both fixtures, would it work to have just the 130W going on the tank? Could i have maybe a BTA if it were up near the top of the rockwork?
They typically move around until they can place their foot in a cave and then stretch around into the light. Placing them high doesn't mean it will stay there.
if i cant fit both fixtures, would it work to have just the 130W going on the tank? Could i have maybe a BTA if it were up near the top of the rockwork?
They typically move around until they can place their foot in a cave and then stretch around into the light. Placing them high doesn't mean it will stay there.
ryan115
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i dont think that the pc and halide would fit on my tank. The tank is a 30 tall so the top is only 12x24, there wouldnt be enough room to have both. I had read the the BTA were the anemone that would have the least amount of lighting requirments, if this is wrong it there any anemone i could have that would live under either 130W or if i can fit it 195W of PC. Also i relize that the anemone moves, but i thought that it would move to find more ideal conditions, i.e. the top of the tank where there would be more light. But trying to talk sense into an anemone probably wouldnt work so well.
ryan115
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my LFS recommended Current Satellite PC lighting. I figured the prices after replacing the bulbs in the Jebo would bring it to almost $100 and that would be the price for the 2x65W satellite fixture. He told me that the square pin satellite is actually brighter than the same size coralife. Does anyone know about this brand? :help:
bang guy
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No scientific reason. Just that my corals didn't like Coralife VHO recently when they were on sale (to the point of replacing them after 1 month) an also didn't like them in the past. The fixtures may be awesome, I've never tried. I just don't like the results of using their bulbs.