LED Lights & Anemones Quick Answer

[Wxguy23]

All, got a 75gal FOWLR with assorted stuff.

Everything looks good. However, I do have two seabae anemones, one looks okay, but likely bleached, albeit he was kinda white when I got him. The other is shriveling down to nothing. Seems my clowns where feeding them, but they don't seem to grow. Starting to give them krill shrimp to help.
I would love to add more or have these grow, they are cool to watch and my clowns love em.

But what about my lights? I was told I don't have to go crazy...so I bought a cheap light.
Beamswork
Fixture is pre-installed with 10000K, Actinic 460nm, Red 620nm, and Green 520nm spectrum LEDs.

Works fine, with a timer, I have it set on blues at night, and from 10am-8pm, I have it on bright days.

Thoughts?

 

[hdsoftail1065]

What are your parameters? Are these by chance the same lights you had back in June?

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/my-bta-won’t-grow.410191/

 

[reef lover]

From reading both threads it sounds like you dont want corals and arent too interested in what it takes to care for such animals....
Not trying to be mean but i suggest you take them back while theyre still alive...if you would like to convert the fowlr to a thriving reef tank we would be more than happy to help you along..

 

[redfishbluefish]

You don't have enough light!

What Beamswork fixture do you have? The ones I'm familiar with are very low power fixtures. They would work fine for a FOWLR, but not good for anemones or corals.

If I had a 75 gallon with anemones/corals and wanted economy lights, I'd have two Chinese Black Boxes, rated at 120 watts (currently sold as 165 W) over my tank. An example would be two 165 Mars Aqua HERE, or one 300 Mars Aqua HERE.


EDIT TO ADD: Just went to the link above, and you've already been given the advice of not enough light. My recommendation now, if you're not willing to purchase proper lights, is to contact a local club and give these anemones to the club. Hopefully they can be saved.

 

[Wxguy23]

I forget I started that one.
I will keep looking. I am considering ones you hang, just unsure with so many options.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07F1BJB8B/ref=sspa_dk_hqp_detail_aax_0?psc=1

Thanks

 

[BestMomEver]

You’re not necessarily too cheap. It depends solely on what critters you want to keep. The more expensive and high maintenance the critters, the more expensive the equipment to care for them (typically). I have an SPS addiction so have dumped tons of money into keeping them. But I have a smaller tank with only softies and a few fish. That tank has no high end stuff. It’s being run with stock stuff from the LFS. In between those two tanks i have a moderately size tank that is dedicated to anemones. The only thing high end in that tank are the lights. Everything else, is inexpensive stuff from the LFS. Point is, if you want to keep anemones, invest in more light. If you don’t, go with what you have!

 

[Gonebad395]

You can find a light used for your tank that won’t break the bank. But in one of your threads you posted you weren’t interested in corals and such to justify paying for better lights. Hey I get it not your thing or money spent better elsewhere what ever it may be. But back to that nem if you aren’t going to buy the proper lights to have it thrive take it to a local fish store of trade/sell/give to someone who can

 

[davocean]

There are 2 types of sebae, most common is crispa and those require very strong light

 

[Wxguy23]

Okay. I’ll buy lights.

 

[Wxguy23]

Okay, I’ll buy lights.
Would one 300w one work for my 75gal?
Or two 165gal.
Do you just hang from the ceiling? Like these below?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B017GWDF7E/ref=sspa_mw_detail_0?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Last, is it easier to grow coral?

 

[Gonebad395]

2 of these about 12 inches off your tank would work great

 

[Wxguy23]

If I don’t want to hang them from celing, what can I do?

 

[Wxguy23]

2 of these about 12 inches off your tank would work great

2 300w or 2 165?

 

[Gonebad395]

Tbh I would go with the 300 but the 165 will do just fine

 

[Gonebad395]

If I don’t want to hang them from celing, what can I do?

You can go get some conduit pipe for electrical wires and bend a 90 on two of those and use it mounted on the back of the stand or wall to hang them from

 

[Wxguy23]

Tbh I would go with the 300 but the 165 will do just fine

2 of the 300watt ones?

 

[Gonebad395]

Yes

 

[Wxguy23]

Thanks all. Lights ordered. Stepping up to the plate.
Think I can save my anonomes? And how fast do they grow?

 

[reef lover]

It will b a slow process remember to ramp the new light up slowly so they can have time to adjust. Good luck !!

 

[Wxguy23]

Is this enough. And IF I wanted to do “simple” or beginner corals, will this light work??

2 165w LED. (Chinese)
Adjusted to about 10” above the tank.

All light on Channel 55 LEDS) Colorful light simulate realistic ocean, make them feel like living on the All-nature Ocean in your tank,Suitable for allfreshwater/seawater aquatic creatures


White Channel (28 LEDs): Coolwhite 14000k, warmwhite 2700k, red 660nm, green 520nm


Blue Channel (24 LEDs): Blue 460nm, purple 410nm


Moonlight Blue Channel (3 LEDs): royal blue 450nm , simulate the lunar cycle , helps produce the vitamin D3.