LTA & Power compacts?

[n_sarno]

I have a LTA that came in a tank that I purchased from a -- member.. I dont have much knowledge of anemones.. But I did think that they needed MH lighting to survive.. But this tank only has power compacts.. It is a pretty large anemone and I dont plan on upgrading my lighting anytime soon so any suggestions would be appreciated.. If the anemone is not going to survive I will probably just sell it off because I want to do the right thing.. so fill me in!!
Thanks

 

[dogstar]

How about tank size and number and wattage and age of bulbs.....
LTAs like to be in the sand so that means deeper for the light to penatrate.

 

[n_sarno]

It is a 37 gallon corner tank w/ I think 60 or so watts of lighting..

 

[chunks]

you need about 6watts a gallon or so to be really succesful

 

[zanoshanox]

6 watts per gallon of pc in the 37 conrner woudlnt even do the job...PAR is WAYYYY too low, and plsu the tank is deep. Go fro a mh perdant, just IMO. You can get them fiarly cheap nowa days

 

[reef diver]

if it wasnt a corner 6watts is way to much light imo, i mgo with 3.5-4 for bubbletips, for a LTA maybe 4.5-5.5 w/g but a corner is much deeper, so i dont really know

 

[dogstar]

My BTAs are four inches under the water directly below a 250 watt MH for 11 hours a day. I wonder how may watts that is when the rest of the 150gls tank or the other 2 bulbs means nothing to it......

 

[reefermadn]

That does not sound like near enough for the LTA in that tank. I do have a customer that has a huge one in a 75G he has had for years with a mated pair of GSM's that lay eggs constantly under PC's. He has 4X96W PC's on the 75G though.