Name that anemone!

millzy72 · Apr 4, 2013

hello everyone! I picked up this anemone today at my local aquarium store. it was labeled "anemone" there. any help getting the real name of it would be greatly appreciated! thanks in advance!

Liquid360 · Apr 4, 2013

I believe it's a haitian anemone but I'm not 100%.

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ohio reefer · Apr 5, 2013

I second that its a Haitian,how much did you pay?

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millzy72 · Apr 5, 2013

it was only $8 dollars

ohio reefer · Apr 5, 2013

It looks very bleached to me, what lighting do you have and what size tank

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millzy72 · Apr 5, 2013

30 gallon tank, Coralife T5 HO dual lamp fixture. one 10,000 K bulb and one Actinic bulb.

millzy72 · Apr 5, 2013

each bulb is 18 watts, so I'm totaling 36 watts

ohio reefer · Apr 5, 2013

Make sure you feed it to color up, also I'm guessing you have the 36 inch fixture? If so you may not have enough light IMO. It needs high light and feeding to color up, if I were you I'd try to get either another fixture, or the four bulb version. LEDs are also a great choice

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millzy72 · Apr 5, 2013

it's the 30 inch fixture. you don't think 36 watts is enough? what LED's do you recommend I could add? I'm running my light 10 hours a day. It would be nice to have LED's 24/7.

ohio reefer · Apr 5, 2013

36 watts is not nearly enough for an anemone, I would recommend a kit from rapid led, also even with led I would recommend 7 hours of light, you can not run lights 24/7 regardless, fish need sleep to, I would return him to the lfs until you have stronger lighting

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millzy72 · Apr 5, 2013

how many watts do I need for a 30 gallon tank?

Dragonreef202 · Apr 5, 2013

For corals you should have 3-5 watts per gallon.

ohio reefer · Apr 5, 2013

Watts per gallon is somthing I try to avoid, in this case I would recommend the coralife ho quad lamp 36 inch, it will be enough light to grow anything, if you go by the watts per gallon rule this would be 5.2 watts per gallon

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millzy72 · Apr 5, 2013

my aquarium is only 30 inches long, I don't want a light hanging over the side..

ohio reefer · Apr 5, 2013

Oh, do you have a 30 breeder? Can you list the dimensions of your tank?

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Bob Loblaw · Apr 5, 2013

The light is more than sufficient for a Condy.

ebushrow · Apr 5, 2013

I agree it's a condy

millzy72 · Apr 5, 2013

Bob Loblaw said:
The light is more than sufficient for a Condy.

so my light is good? how many hours a day should I run it?

NanaReefer · Apr 6, 2013

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bjledbetter · Apr 10, 2013

Your lighting is not enough! Almost all anemones to be kept long term need to have very strong lighting. For example most need metal halides to survive long term. LEDs are coming along and are showing great progress in being able to sustain the types of anemones that we keep. I am in agreement with the others its a Haitian (or Condy) anemone. Also the price sounds about right for that too. The Haitian is a non hosting anemone that may eat any clowns or other fish that you add to your tank. BUT some will host and be just fine. I had a huge one. Here is a pic of mine and a thread about it. https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/anemone-clownfish-discussion/92576-condy-pic.html by the way they get huge lol. I think the lighting you have now needs to be doubled to at least 4 bulbs. How old are the bulbs in the fixture now? Condys can live on lower light for a while unlike most of the hosting species. If you feed it every couple days I think you would be fine for a week or so till you can get some new lights on it. If you cant get new lights I'd take it back to where you got it. BTW if you want help with good LED's start a thread in the lighting forum and they can help you pretty quick