pink tip anemones?

[22caddy]

I thought carpets needed intense lighting also.
They do. That would be why I said they can't survive with pc or vho lighting and need metal halide. Also add sebae to the list of metal halide. Wasn't thinking earlier. Also I am not saying that this persons lights will do for all anemones. I am talking vho and pc in general. I don't consider 300-400 watts of lighting to be a crapload either.
Can you scrape together a bunch of normal or VHO's and get one to survive? Sure, maybe . Is that the "right" way to do it? NO. Is this the responsible way to do it? NO.
Thats funny. Thats why there are many people who have kept anemones healthy with this lighting. Everyone is so wrapped up in having to have metal halide lighting, but there are not many people who know the actual differences in the lights.
And another topic, but everyone replying, who actually has an anemone. I do.

 

[tizzo]

I don't know if the differences in lights, or the differences in anemones... I bought what I thought was a BTA, had him under PC's. When he started scaling the walls and running into powerheads as a result, I decided to upgrade my lighting. I then sold the PC and bought a metal halide setup. Duel 175's with 2 VHO actinics. That little sucker STILL climbed the walls looking for better lighting. Attached is a pic of him under the 175's. So for the health of my critter, I again upgraded. I currently have duel 250's and when I put them in he came down off the walls, found himself a little hole and hasn't moved since. Completely recovered from the powerhead assults too. I guess it's a matter of where they came from, what they are acclimated to and how picky they wanna be.
Here, he's in the top left.

 

[tizzo]

Here he's in the center, and he went back and forth like that til I upgraded.

 

[tizzo]

And ever since I upgraded, he has been in this ideal location. He remained still so I felt confident to FINALLY start adding other corals.

 

[22caddy]

Tizzo, you have a 90 gallon. That originally goes back to what I said about depth. That would be why the pcs didn't work, also I don't know how many watts it was.

 

[tizzo]

But under normal circumstances the 175 halides shoulda worked!!
And the depth of the tank was irrelevant due to the fact that he never came even an inch below the surface. So the actual anemone was about 4 inched from my 96 watt PC's?? Hold that thought, lemme double check...
Up!! I lied... 65 watts. 4 of them. Then he was 10 inches from the 175 watt halides with the VHO's.
So, I firmly believe that even if my tank was half the depth, or even a third it would have made no difference. Heck, for all I know, he may not even BE a BTA. Today that sucker is HUGE!! He takes up a quarter of the tank when he's open. Biggest BTA I ever heard of!!:scared:

 

[1journeyman]

"Thats funny. Thats why there are many people who have kept anemones healthy with this lighting. Everyone is so wrapped up in having to have metal halide lighting, but there are not many people who know the actual differences in the lights."
For how long? 6 months, a year? I know the differences in lighting.. I'm sure many of the people here do. Anemones need strong, full spectrum lighting.
"And another topic, but everyone replying, who actually has an anemone. I do."
Flawed logic.... We could just as easily ask "How many people here have cycled their tanks with damsels?" It can be done, it's done frequently, and it's not what's best for the fish....

 

[22caddy]

If you want some good information Dr Ron on a different forum is a good one. According to him you can keep anemones in almost complete darkness as long as they are fed.

 

[1journeyman]

"If you want some good information Dr Ron on a different forum is a good one. According to him you can keep anemones in almost complete darkness as long as they are fed."
That's simply absurd.

 

[22caddy]

Anemones need strong, full spectrum lighting.
Metal halides, pcs, vhos, nos, t5s, t6s, they are all capable of the same spectrum of light for the most part. So why is metal halide needed, it isn't except for what is already noted. As far as Tizzo goes, its no wonder the pcs didn't work. 260 watts on a 90 is not nearly enough. I have almost 200 watts of pc on a 20. And btas can get pretty large from what I have seen. Mine when fully extended is about a foot or so.
That's simply absurd.
Well he's the one with the Phd., not me so I don't know. I have a hard time believing it.

 

[kogle]

I know a lot of people with a PHD who are dumber than a box of dead hair!!!!!!:hilarious

 

[jacknjill]

Originally posted by 1journeyman
"And another topic, but everyone replying, who actually has an anemone. I do."

i got a rbta. doesnt even have its bubbles now since its gotten so big

 

[crash103k]

I just have to throw in my 2 cents
I have 5 anemones in 2 tanks both 55 gallons. Both my tanks get natural light and also have the cheep JEBO lights for the cloudy days so they at least get some light. (So far they have been no problem). In fact I got them as entry level lights and never found a reason to upgrade. Yah they might be painted and they might be non UI compliant but at least if they catch fire I have 110 gallons of water handy. LOL now I know that you all say natural light is bad for the tank due to algae growth. But my snails get feed well and my anemone’s are happy. And if worst comes to worst I can clean the glass if it gets too bad. All this light talk! If it lives it lives if not don’t get another one till later on down the road. PC is good light IMO less power to run still good wattage. 220 on 55 gallons lets see. 220/55=4 watts per gallon. Now as for the sun light. Nobody could even begin to guess how many watts the sun puts in my tank. But I would figure it would be at least an extra 220 watts (at very least) now nobody can say that is not full spectrum lighting. I would have to say that I have about 500 watts on my tanks ( with the sun light and the POS JEBO's 500/55=9.09 watts per gallon.
Think my anemones will live?

 

[gonefishn]

:happyfish :happy: ROFL you're funny. I personally think I'll see if I can get a little corner of natural light myself

just for grins.
But If I go for that I wonder how it would affect my refugium. I'm near to convinced it's the route I'm taking. On a smaller tank, I'll probably get a 37 gallon, it will take a little longer to get set up but in the long run I'll have less maintenance.:happy:
What do you all think? Will those anemonies like "eat" soft corals?
I'd like to have an anemonie that will host a maroon clown. Is there one that will be "kind" to soft corals?

 

[1journeyman]

"If it lives it lives if not don’t get another one till later on down the road"
That's definitely an attitude I oppose considering anemones are living "pets" and all....