Enough light for bulb anemone?

Ilovefish · 10-04-2005, 10:29 AM

Would 192wt PC be sufficiant light for a bulb anemone? The tank is 30 gallons, with a DSB, tank is about 12" deep. Aside from live rock he will be the only inhabitant. I also have a dual 65w fixture i could also add along with the 192w if needed....Thanks----Tracy

coralfreak · 10-04-2005, 11:04 AM

192w would be ok but 130w more would be great, so go ahead and add the dual 65w fixture but watch out for more heat.

Ilovefish · 10-04-2005, 11:06 AM

Thanks coralfreak!

coralfreak · 10-04-2005, 11:25 AM

No problem, anemones require high light and with the extra fixture you can also keep some other species that require high levels of lightning. I have a 192w fixture over my 30g tank and everything is doing great(soft corals and SPS).

Ilovefish · 10-04-2005, 12:10 PM

Anyone else have any opinions???????

skeety · 10-04-2005, 01:30 PM

I have a Sabae anemone...at the BOTTOM of my 72gln, and I only have 4x96watts of PC light. He's doing great! (pretty brown, and not very colorful, but still). So I'd say that's good enough lighting!

Ilovefish · 10-04-2005, 02:00 PM

Thank you Mr. Skeety!!!

Loverotties · 10-04-2005, 03:11 PM

That will do but whats else is important is that you had the tank running for at least 9 months.

Ilovefish · 10-04-2005, 03:52 PM

The tank is 13 months+ old......It housed a dwarf lion for 11 months which I recently lost....

......The tank has been empty for 2 months, I think its time to add a new critter.

Cosine · 10-04-2005, 05:56 PM

no clown friends for the anenome??

VWD · 10-04-2005, 09:40 PM

I think it will is fine