lower light anemones

steve24

steve24

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are there any anemones that will thrive from the lighting of a 48" 260W Dual Strip Compact Fluorescent Light Fixture with (2x65W Daylight 12000K, 2x65W Actinic Blue)
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wax32

wax32

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Aiptasia will. None of the clownfish hosting anemones will thrive under that lighting. Some may survive for a while...
 
wangotango

wangotango

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curley cues dont need much light. i had one under normal output flourescents and it grew a lot. not the most beautiful thing to look at, and clownfish dont host it, but it is an anemone
 
hkdonreefs

hkdonreefs

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Some carpet anenomes dont need lots of light. I had a green one and it didnt mind what kind of light it had. You need to feed them shrimp or silversides work good. I had a green one they are my favorite ananomes. Clownfish love them. They can get big.
 
hkdonreefs

hkdonreefs

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I know the green ones dont require lots of light sometimes called the adhesive anenome. Do a search on them. The green ones look pretty cool under actnics. My buddy had a atlantic carpet anenome and he didnt have good light and it did ok.
 
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thomas712

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260 watts of PC lighting over a 55 gallon tank right?
I had pretty good luck with a 55 gallon and 360 watts of VHO, and I understand that thrive and survive are a bit different. However, I would say that you should be able to keep either a Bubble Tip Anemone or the Atlantic Condylactis anemone. Bubble tips are listed as a hosting anemone where as the Condy isn't normally placed in that category, but has been know to host a clown fish now and again.
Both should be able to survive under that lighting, as always more is usually better though.
Thomas
 
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