Anenome help....

ok - well that is not even close to enough light for any anemone except apstasia- which is a pest.

I suggest this, invest in a minium of a 4 bulb T5 HO, Reef capable LED, or Metal Halide Lighting fixture that correctly fit's your tank.

Or, return the anemone to where you bought it, as the LFS shouldn't have sold it to you with the set up you presently have.

I dont me to be offensive, it's just that anemone's are high light (PAR) critters, you are not even close to what is needed.

 

This link shows the lighting that Karen keeps her BTA's under.

Lighting - karensroseanemones.net

 

good choice for example Corailline-notice how intense the lighting coloration is- this is known as PAR. this type of PAR is what is required to keep anemone's.

mind you VHO has pretty much been replace by T5, and T5 is much more efficient, and with good bulbs- they have better PAR then VHO.

to date nothing beats a correctly set up metal halide/T5 combo lighting system, but some of the new LED systems are coming close- and use far less power and create far less heat.

By way of example: a T5 HO at 54 watts equals the same 96 watts from VHO (using quality T5), Metal HAlide and certain LED raise the bar even higher.

 

This is just my opinion, but 1.9 watts of lighting is in my opinion not enough lighting to photosynthsise a living organism. You may need to boost your lighting to 3 watts per gallon or at least 300 watts for a 100 gallon aquarium. Critters will survive for a while but will eventually die off. I learned this the hard way, so now I am up to 5.6 watts per gallon lighting and everything that wouldn't grow is now growing and happy.

 

how old is your tank? we need more specifics before we can really help