Have u not learned in yer long career of annoyingness yet that the lfs is trying to make money off of u and they will tell u wat they need to to get u to buy sumthing. Just becuz it is a bigger store doesnt mean that they know more. Usually the smaller, more privately owned sotres have a much better wealth of knowledge, but the reason you are coming here is to get our advice from experience. The guy there at the lfs may SAY that he use the lights on his own tank, but how do u know? We will tell u taht we have had success with the lights, and be honest at the same time, cuz were not making money here. You should soak in all of the advice you get here, and not compare it with the bs that a fish store throws at you. You said yer starting over, now start. They say minimum lighting for u is 3-65 watts? Then get it, dont go for the lower wattage that they say isnt allright. Also, yer anemone will probably die anyway. It MAY have survived if u had acted on our advice WEEKS ago, but now what? U finally decided to FEED the thing, wen it still needs light anyway, and we were giving this all to u in the first place. So, just forget the 125. You need to learn the right of a good, quality, stable tank before u should even THINK of getting a larger one. Clearly u dont know enough to be setting up a large display, so stick to the smaller stuff. Either sell yer big one, or just leave it hanging around, but dont let it influence u wenever u see it in the basemnet, just disgregard it. U and this 125 is just like a kid in skool. Yer in elementary skool, having passed yet, but u think u can skip straight on through to High Skool. YOU HAVENT PASSED! STAY WITH THE SMALL ONE> once u have had it running, without death and decay, for atleast 6 months MINIMUM, then you can say to yerself, "wow, I really CAN do this. I know what Im doing. Maybe I should give that 125 a shot." Yer setup isnt even good. "some protien Skimmer" "a powersweep powerhead". Try like 4 powersweep powerheads, and no shark powerhead, or two strong powerheads. Ur way in over yer head, u need to get outta this hole that yer digging and get used to this 40 gallon. I am finished for the night, now u can wallow in reality and go visit the store tomorrow with mummy so u can get a STRONG light with the money u were saving for the 125 so you can let yer anemone live.
There is so much info here and on the other BB's why don't you just take your time, do your homework and post some pictures of your tank in two years. If you spent as much time reading as you do posting worthless threads you'd have all the info you need.....
