Lighting for a anemone

[jkef2010]

I have a coralife biocube 29g tank. I plan on upgrading the lights to leds within the next month. I will be getting them.from either rapid leds or from another R2R member. I don't know what the specs will be but would leds suffice to maintain a anemone?

 

[jedidad]

As long as they are high quality LED's like cree. The Rapid LED upgrade kit for the biocube would be a good one.

 

[cota472]

Rapid has a good kit, also look at Steve's LEDs. I have the Steve's LED kit in my 29 and my BTA is opening up bigger than ever and bubbling up again.

Pre-LED


After LED

 

[Genesis Corals]

RapidLEDs will work just fine.

 

[jkef2010]

Wow thats a beautiful coral. I am trying to find something for my clown fish they are trying to host my feather duster and because of that it won't come out to eat. I've tried to attempt the alternative clay pot but i think they are getting tired of the pot.

 

[Reeferey]

My sebae nem with stock lighting, 10K and blue actinic....in a 29G biocube, seem to be doing fine been hosting my clowns now for about 2 months and getting bigger every day

 

[Trex]

What type of anemone?

 

[ohio reefer]

My sebae nem with stock lighting, 10K and blue actinic....in a 29G biocube, seem to be doing fine been hosting my clowns now for about 2 months and getting bigger every day

Are you feeding it? It looks like its starting to absorb itself for energy. Stock lights are not enough to support a sebae.

 

[definitionofreal]

Are you feeding it? It looks like its starting to absorb itself for energy. Stock lights are not enough to support a sebae.

+1, sabea's need a big light source, and a mature tank. The stock light in a biocube are not enough.

 

[NanaReefer]

My sebae nem with stock lighting, 10K and blue actinic....in a 29G biocube, seem to be doing fine been hosting my clowns now for about 2 months and getting bigger every day

Your nems color doesn't look so good Definitely not getting enough light.


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[ohio reefer]

Here is what a healthy sebae should look like. Tan, long tenticals.

 

[Reeferey]

What color is it suppose to be?

 

[ohio reefer]

What color is it suppose to be?

Dark tank like mine in the picture I posted.

 

[Reeferey]

When I first got it it was smaller but almost all white with purple tips, it has grown about 2x it's size in the last 2 months. I feed it about twice to 3 x a week squid or mysis shrimp and also Kent Microvert 3x/week. It has changed to this tannish color and its tentacles
Look a lot longer now than 2 months ago, so I don't know if my lights are insufficient or not ....does it rwally look that bad?

 

[Reeferey]

Yours looks like a different species actually, does it
Have purple tips?

 

[jedimasterben]

Here is what a healthy sebae should look like. Tan, long tenticals.

You're talking about two different species. The one pictured above is Heteractis malu, the one you pictured is Heteractis crispa. Malu have short tentacles, crispa are elongated.

 

[jedimasterben]

When I first got it it was smaller but almost all white with purple tips, it has grown about 2x it's size in the last 2 months. I feed it about twice to 3 x a week squid or mysis shrimp and also Kent Microvert 3x/week. It has changed to this tannish color and its tentacles
Look a lot longer now than 2 months ago, so I don't know if my lights are insufficient or not ....does it rwally look that bad?

Most assuredly the stock lights are not intense enough. At the top of the tank, with brand new bulbs, you're looking at around 100 PAR, going down as they age (they get very hot enclosed in the hood, even with the dinky fans going). Sebae (both crispa and malu) require much more intense light for long-term survival.

 

[Trex]

Both pictured are H. crispa. Reeferey's has shorter tentacles because it is consuming itself.

I have no doubt that Reeferey's is an H. crispa.

 

[jedimasterben]

Uh, no, the tentacles are short because it is H. malu. There are two species sold as 'sebae' anemones, and a generalization for a quick look is that malu have much shorter tentacles.

 

[Reeferey]

H. Malu it is then...... It can't be doing all so bad if it has doubled it's size in 2 months.... Even under my mediocre
Lighting..... anyway LED lighting is my ultimate goal. So any guesses as to how long my nem will survive if I don't upgrade my lights?