Lighting requirements?

littledhh

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Currently I have a 55 gallon tank and most things are doing absolutely incredible except my carpet anemone.

Current Parameters: (7/16/16)
GH/HK: 13 drops
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 10
Ammonia: 0
PH: 8
Salinity: 1.025

Current lighting settings:
LED strip (96 White 96 Blue)
Blue lights --> 0600 to 1930 at 75%
White lights --> 1230 - 1930 at 75%
Moonlight (10% blue LED) --> 1930 to 2230
2 Actinic T5 --> 1230 - 1930

Currently in the tank:

FISH:
Osc. clown
mandrin goby
fuzzy dwarf
fox face tang
melanurus wrasse

CORAL/INVERTS:
long tenticle anemone
carpet anemone (hosted)
purple tip candy
bleached anemone (unknown what kind yet)
Red Rock flower anemone
zoas
green star polyp
blue star polyp
kryptonite candy cane
various mushrooms
Green implosion Paly
Cocas worm
Hammer coral
Frogspawn
Fuzzy mushroom
Ricordia
Hollywood stunner
african cespitularia
various cleaner snails
Camel shrimp x2

Running a Aquamaxx protein skimmer

Wet dry sump with filters to reduce phosphates, ammonia, and nitrate as well as a carbon pad.

I ask for advice and what i need to do to correct anything wrong. I appreciate any bit of knowledge you can provide. Thank you so much!
 
What is the problem with the anemone? What are your numbers for the big three and what is gh/hk? How old is the tank? Which exactly is your light fixture(s) or is it diy?
 
What is the problem with the anemone? What are your numbers for the big three and what is gh/hk? How old is the tank? Which exactly is your light fixture(s) or is it diy?


Big 3? I just got a new set of parameters also. The lighting fixtures are Odyssea for the T5 Fixture and Current for the LED fixture. The tank has been going since September. The anemone is has a very large open mouth and pushes his self out of his mouth so to speak quite often. He has been in the tank for a week now. The clown took very quickly to him and left the long tentacle anemone. He goes through periods where he looks really happy but they do not last very long. He also has not managed to attach to anything yet. Gh/Kh are general hardiness and carbonate hardiness respectively.
My new parameters are as follows:
Ph: 7.8
Alkalinity: 0
Nitrate: 5
Nitrite: 0
GH/KH: 11 drops (196.9)
 
Welcome to the R2R community!
If all is well within the tank I say give him some time.
He has not been in long
He just may be a little stressed
 
Welcome to the R2R community!
If all is well within the tank I say give him some time.
He has not been in long
He just may be a little stressed

Thank you :)Im still fairly new to the game but I'm someone to research and seek answers for any and every question I may have.
 

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