Lighting for anemone

[monica]

Thanks so far for the help! I've never used this till now and I think it is great! Anyway, would 4-75 watt VHO 50/50 lights be good enough for an anemone or should I have some mixture of lights. (75 gal fish only tank for the moment) Also, to go from fish only to a reef tank - is this something that is going to be very hard to do? I have been reading up on this a ton! I don't know if it is helping or confusing me.

 

[adrian]

Its a lot to take in all at once, but with time it will sink in and everything will make perfect sense Anemones require moderate to intense lighting, as you know from your reading. 4 75 watt VHOs would be consider low to very low lighting, no pun intended To provide an anemone with the optimal amount of light you would want 4-4 110 watt VHOs, or a couple of VHOs and a pair of metal halides. Feeding and water quality are also very important when keeping an anemone. HTH

 

[monica]

I take it that means my hood I bought for my tank that has 4 24inch lights on it (two side by side in front and two side by side in the back) is garbage if I switch to a reef tank? Thanks for the advice! I need all I can get.

 

[adrian]

I would never call your hood garbage But it wont be very usefull for reef lighting on a 75, on a 29 gallon in would be a nice set up

 

[monica]

Adrian, thanks for the help! I have to look into the cost and decide what's next! Thanks again.