clown fish and anenom\e

I have a fishtank with regular lighting i want to put an anenome in there i will buy a small coral light just for one area of the tank with this work?

 

unfortunately anemones need more light than alot of corals

 

so it will not work

 

i fell in that trap , i believed a LFS store clerk and bought a $80.00 GBTA that pretty much went to @#$% in a matter of months. now 2-3 years later its just coming back when i put T5ho on the tank its taken another 6months to start to fill out again and it split last week !!:Halloween49:

so moral to the story lights and good water parameters , stable temp are very important with keeping anemones ..

 

I'm not sure what you mean by "a small coral light?"

 

its like a small 10 gallon light lid with the special light for plants to grow.

 

In general, I think anemone's do need a good deal of light. My big one in my main tank parked itself pretty much right under the 250w HQI pendant I have on one side. Has done very well over the years...

However I do have a couple small GBTA's in my 12 Gallon Nano, with only 24w of light. May be small size of tank, and close proximity to light, but they appear to be doing ok (since ~June)...not growing much but look healthy.

12 Gallon Nano






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Without knowing exactly what kind of bulbs that lid has, it's not possible to tell if it's suitable to keep anemones alive. Plants require much different light strength and spectrum so if the lid has bulbs to grow plants, I would rule out using them to grow corals or anemones.

 

Very true...is a 50/50 in my Nano.

 

what is the purpous of chillers is it becease the water gets heated up by the light or what