help with anemones...

[pong]

what is the minimum light for anemones?

mine is 8 inches from the top of the tank and
i currently have 2 t5 ho 54w 11k lights and a
36W actinic? is this enough? or too far from
what is ideal? if its far? what is the ideal?
my new hood is coming in maybe next week
and it will fit max of 10 t5's...

then to follow up... heat will be a problem...
with all those t5's... what is the maximum
temp that anemones can survive in?

oh btw, its a carpet anemone.


one more thing... i bought a true perc a week ago...
it was happily swimming around the tank with the other perc... when i was checking the tank last night... i couldnt find it... today... still not there... im assuming its
dead... the question is... what could probably kill it that
fast? btw, its already eating the past couple of days...

thanks!

 

[E.J. Coral]

What typeof carpet?

 

[pong]

its not the gigantic one... 3 inches in diameter
so most probably just a haddoni

 

[pong]

anyone?

so far, it has been eating anything that i give it...

 

[Gig 'em]

I would suggest adding at least a 150W MH. And if heat is an issue I would place a fan on the surface between the light and the water to blow away the hot air that accumulates there. There will be a lot of evaporation, but the process of evaporation cools down the aquarium. Just supplement it with fresh top off water every day, or getting an automatic top off system to do it for you more effectively. I would say anything above 80 will start pushing the health of the anemone.