Originally Posted by
cameraman954
http:///forum/post/3180054
I have a 29 gallon tank that came with a hood. The hood has a single light bulb that is across. I want to get an anemone but I don't know what kind of lighting I need. Will I be fine with a 50/50 bulb or do I need something else for the anemone to survive. Please Help
A lot depends on how many watts. More than likely the 50/50 bulb doesn't produce enough wattage, most 50/50 do not. I have a RBTA in a 14G with 1 10K 24watt daylight and 1 24watt actinic (which means nothing for an anemone or wattage but it's there). The anemone is doing great under this lighting.
Bubble tips don't need as much lighting as some other species (like the carpet) but they still need quite a bit.
Originally Posted by asharp13
http:///forum/post/3181464
ive been looking at doing this in a 5gal off shoot of my main established DT. would this be a good choice?
http://www.***********.com/ps_ViewIt...&child=ES53124
also, can you mix pink and green BTA's? will the different species of BTA's compete and sting eachother or is the main difference the strain of zooxanthellae growing in them?
That lighting might work, but I do suggest you go with a lighting fixture that has one full daylight and one full actinic rather than 2 50/50 bulbs. My 14G has a RBTA under the lighting I list right above this^
I have green and rose BTA's and they're fine together. My rose was about two feet away from my greens for months in my 155G, but now they're literally touching one another and are fine together. The clowns prefer it this way as well, now they have one big home rather than 3 little ones, LOL. The two greens have always been together without an issue with the rose away from it and still fine now that all three are almost in a cluster together.
As for lighting, 2 of the greens and one rose have seen T5HO's and MH's and have done fine under both. My other rose is in my BioCube under PC's and is also fine.
