- Location
- Rhode island
Is this thing alive???
- Thread starter Acone15
- Start date
- Location
- Bethpage,NY
They move around a lot til they find a comfortable spot.
- Location
- Rhode island
I bought a new light today. I bought a marine glow t8 with 6,000k. Hopefully that will be good for now, as a start.
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- Location
- Bethpage,NY
T8?What is that?Pc?
- Location
- Flushing, NY
as far as i know, marine-glo is normal output lighting.
is that the only lighting you have over it? if so, its going to starve with insufficient lighting
is that the only lighting you have over it? if so, its going to starve with insufficient lighting
- Location
- East Stroudsburg, PA
If your tank is normal depth 18- 24" deep get yourself a 250W metal halide. You really do need a strong daylight cycle for them to do well. The posters have all given you good pointers- now if you want it to live and flourish heed the advice and shell out a few bucks on a fixture that will give it what it needs. You can get a fixture with T5's for actinic and a halide in the middle to give you your daylight cycle. A few bucks invested now will save you a lot of stress due to losing anemones.
Just order or buy a fixture the right length for your tank and itll have the halides in the center spread out to give even "daylight" to the tank. Then you buy the bulbs for the temp you want- 10K-14K-20K among others depending on the look you want as well as to suit your corals for what depth in the ocean that they grow.
You also need to choose the right wattage of your halides for the depth of your tank, bigger is not always better- get the right wattage for the depth going more intense can hurt more than it can help in my opinion, but the place you get it will help you out on that- your probably pretty safe with 250W halides if your tank is normal depths- 18-24".
Best of luck and I hope your nem makes it, theyre awesome creatures
Just order or buy a fixture the right length for your tank and itll have the halides in the center spread out to give even "daylight" to the tank. Then you buy the bulbs for the temp you want- 10K-14K-20K among others depending on the look you want as well as to suit your corals for what depth in the ocean that they grow.
You also need to choose the right wattage of your halides for the depth of your tank, bigger is not always better- get the right wattage for the depth going more intense can hurt more than it can help in my opinion, but the place you get it will help you out on that- your probably pretty safe with 250W halides if your tank is normal depths- 18-24".
Best of luck and I hope your nem makes it, theyre awesome creatures
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- Location
- Rhode island
Thanks for all the help guys/ galls. I'm new to this, so please be patient with me. Lol I am going to take it out when I get home, I think I should wait few months and better establish my set up before I kill something.
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- Location
- Rhode island
- Location
- East Stroudsburg, PA
You may still be able to save it- if you get substantial enough lighting- I got my RBTA and my tank was only 3 months- its quadrupaled in size and split since- just by keeping my parameters good and having good strong light for it.
Dont think your going to kill something just because your new- dont undershoot your abilities also look at this page and read there are a lot of great facts to help you out on here.
www.karensroseanemones.net
Hope this helps
Dont think your going to kill something just because your new- dont undershoot your abilities also look at this page and read there are a lot of great facts to help you out on here.
www.karensroseanemones.net
Hope this helps
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