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dmoore504

dmoore504

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i just brought a 18 watts t5 deluxe, the guy - the lfs and on the box they both said its good for plants. What i wanna know is it good for anemone plants, they use the same lights for theirs - the lfs. Im just asking cause i get different answers here.
 
sly

sly

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Give it some time before you purchase an anemone. First they are not plants, they are animals. They require very high levels of light and at the proper spectrum. Also your water must be in pristine condition and must remain that way. You can not have any quick shifts in your water parameters with an "immature" tank while housing an anemone.
What size tank is that 18 watt bulb going on? A bulb that size would barely be enough for a nano tank of only 1 gallon capacity. It will probably grow plants if they are in a very small tank with the bulb specifically designed for plant use. But there is no way you could raise an anemone with that lighting.
For anemones you need high intensity lighting. Three kinds are PC (power compact flourescent), VHO (very high output flourescent), and metal halide (the kind of lights that light up street corners at night). NO (normal output) bulbs aren't nearly powerful enough and that sounds like what you have.
 
sly

sly

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We're not supposed to post links to other websites here but if you do a google search for "power compact lighting" you will finds links to all kinds made by eclipse, coralife, etc. Also there are many merchants selling them on ----. For an anemone on a 20 gal tank you will need at least 65 watts of lighting, probably more (around 100 watts).
 
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