PC lights
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good choice. I had a bta and that is what died under my lights. They move all the time too. I say stick with corals. They pretty much stay were you want them too and provide much more variety. And the first time your bta crawls across your favorite group of zoo's you will wish you never had it.
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starfishjackedme
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I wish you could see how happy my carpet was opening up to my colossal godzilla butt burning 400 watt mega maniac metal halides. They are so bright people think it's the sun shining in the tank.
verde_ad
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I wasn't trying to ignore your advice. I was just speaking from my experience. I have read articles written by experienced hobbiests who have kept anenomes happy under less powerful lights, but the fact of the matter is, for most people they are not a good fit with what they are trying to do. The skill it takes to keep a clownfish alive is exponentially less then the skill it takes to keep the anenome alive. Again, just my opinion.
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You should by the book, Aquarium Corals; by Eric Borneman. I just bought it and wow. It has lots of fantastic info in it and I don't think I will outgrow this book anytime soon. It will take me years to learn everything in this book. The reason I suggest it, is because he goes through most all of the corals that are offered in the aquarium industry. When I say most all I mean a lot, 300+ pages just on corals. Plus he has great husbandry advice and lots of other good info. They sell it on this site for 29.99. IMO well worth it.
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cbshark
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I know I will get flamed for this, but I have a beautiful condy anemone in my reef that is being hosted by a mated pair of gold striped maroon clowns. I have it under VHO now but for over a year and a half I had it under pc and it has always done awesome. Condys tend to move around but mine hasn't moved from his spot attched to a rock in over a year. Even when I moved the rock around the tank multiple times while redoing my aquascape. I guess it's kind of a hit or miss thing with the condys, but what the heck, give it a try. Condys are cheap and they are in my opinion one of the best looking anemones anyways. If you go this route and can't get the clown to host, try what I did. Take a large net, catch your clown with it, then stick the net (with the clown inside) upside down over the anemone so he can't escape the net. Leave it there as long as you feel comfortable. Once you remove the net, the clown will host the anemone for sure. I've done this in the past with two separate clowns and it has always worked.
verde_ad
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I don't know if you should be willing to lose an animal, just because of the price. I agree that you are more likely to have sucess with a condi. I have never heard of the net trick, but if it works more power to you. Your right when you say that anenomes are hit and miss, but the problem I believe is that there seem to a lot more misses then hits.
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cbshark
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I didn't say anything about losing the condy, I just meant they are cheap and if doesn't work, at least you have a good looking anemone that should do well. It has been my experience that the more you spend, the more likely it is that you will be wasting your money so why not go the cheaper route. If the concern is that you will be killing an animal by putting it in your tank, I suggest another hobby and leave the marine life to the ocean. Just because you spend more cash by no means equates to better chances of success. In fact, I think it's the absolute opposite. I've made this mistake many times, where to begin...LTA, elegance coral (2 of them), alveopora, hundreds of dollares later, the list goes on. Not to mention the fish. I have decided that i can make my tank beautiful with buying cheaper stuff. And heck, the only people that know the difference are people like the ones on this board. The average visitor I may have at my house doesn't know the difference between an elegance coral and a condy anemone or a hepa tang and a fiji damsel.
cbshark
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That's ok, I wasn't snapping at ya. It makes me sick when we have people over and they all comment on the cheapest thing in the tank and totally overlook the pieces that i'm so proud of having spent an arm and a leg on them. The days of $100 elegance and such are over. I'll keep the pricey stuff I have, but from now on, it's softies and hardy LPS's all the way.