Lta

[daniel_lee95]

How long does it take for the lta to set foot

 

[Trex]

A fully healthy one, should do it in less than 30 minutes of being in the tank.

How deep is your sandbed?
What do you have for flow?
What size tank?
What lights do you have?
Current water parameters -- with numbers please.
How long has the tank been set up?
What color is the anemone?

 

[daniel_lee95]

A fully healthy one, should do it in less than 30 minutes of being in the tank.

How deep is your sandbed?
What do you have for flow?
What size tank?
What lights do you have?
Current water parameters -- with numbers please.
How long has the tank been set up?
What color is the anemone?

3 inches
I turned it off for the anemone to set
I just have fluorescent lights
Nitrate/nitrite: 0 phosphate: 0 ammonia: 0 ph: 8.3
It has been set up for 6 months
And its brown

 

[Trex]

What size tank?
What type of fluorescent? (( PC, T5, NO, etc )) How many, what wattage?
What is your salinity/SG?

 

[daniel_lee95]

What size tank?
What type of fluorescent? (( PC, T5, NO, etc )) How many, what wattage?
What is your salinity/SG?

40 gallon
I have no idea...
and my salinity is 1.019

 

[Trex]

Your SG should be 1.025, 1.019 is way too low for an anemone.

If you are going to have an anemone, need to know what type of lights you have --- any chance of getting a picture of the lights?

Did you get it from an LFS? Any chance of returning it?

 

[daniel_lee95]

Your SG should be 1.025, 1.019 is way too low for an anemone.

If you are going to have an anemone, need to know what type of lights you have --- any chance of getting a picture of the lights?

Did you get it from an LFS? Any chance of returning it?

I should get a refractor too...
It wont let me post the picture but it just came with the tank... it has blue and white light bulbs.

 

[KorD]

Easy way to see the types of light is to look at the bulb. There should be writing on it (manufacturers/ or type)
I'm guessing it is T5, and I hope not T8 Are the bulbs the roundness of a nickel or a bigger?

 

[daniel_lee95]

It worked! Its these lights

 

[tigerdragon]

Power compacts

 

[Trex]

Those are "PC" lights.

Going to guess that they are most likely 65 watt, and little to no reflector in that fixture.

IMO/E, that is the bare minimum for an anemone, and not enough for an M. doreensis (( LTA )). An E. quadricolor might do okay, but that would be about it for any of the hosting anemones, and even with that it would be pushing it.

 

[tigerdragon]

Really need to bring up salinity its low for anything shouldnt run below 1.023 but 1.025-1.028 is a good range right now you are in what is called hyposalinity stressing the nem

 

[daniel_lee95]

Really need to bring up salinity its low for anything shouldnt run below 1.023 but 1.025-1.028 is a good range right now you are in what is called hyposalinity stressing the nem

Okay ill try to bring it up, should i leave the power head off

 

[tigerdragon]

No you wanna keep flow just inc salinty through either a water change or through your top off water dont bring it up too fast or you will shock

 

[Edudek]

I got a lta in a biocube and it's doing great. Has the same lights

 

[daniel_lee95]

No you wanna keep flow just inc salinty through either a water change or through your top off water dont bring it up too fast or you will shock

I just have it like this