Important Question about GBTA w/pics

[ctniners]

Hello,
I have a jbj 28 gal hqi nano cube that came with a stock 150W 14K bulb.....I also added 2 x 18W of actinics......Measures 18" x 22" x 22" high...with 3 1/2 to 4 inches of sand

I introduced about a month ago a green BTA, it is looking great and its already hosting one of my O.clowns.

It placed itself at the bottom touching the sand but attached to the rocks...so.....if we take the amount of sandbed into account, the light is actually about 18" above the anemone (this is a closed hood system)

My question is this, I want to change the stock bulb to a Radium 150W 20K..I hear it has the same PAR as the phoenix 14k....I want my sps to show a deeper color.....my question is....would this change in lighting affect my anemone in a negative way?

thank you for your inputs.

Picture of it the second day in tank:

This is today.....
The light looks blue but in reality it is not I couldnt use a flash...

Picture from further out

Do you think it looks ok...I read in Dr fosters that bulb anemones should stay compact, that they only open up when they are being deprived from light...

I appreciate your expert advice

 

[Arati]

looks verry good to me.

 

[SALT WATER CRAZ]

It looks good and healthy to me 2. I think you will be fine with the 20K if the BTA is not happy it will move to a spot that it is. With that light on that tank you should be able to keep any thing you want.

 

[NanoReefWanabe]

i wish mine stayed at the bottom of my tank...

your looks good...the bulbing is an phenomenon that i think is more closely related to food then light...if i feed mine regularly it is nice and tight and bulbous, i let him go for a week or two, then he is all strung out, i suspect trying to catch an unsuspecting fish...

 

[RobNJ]

I feed mine all the time, and under 250w metal halide, and no bulbs

 

[Arati]

Mine is right under a 250w radium, I never feed it and it has sweet bubbles and great color

 

[RobNJ]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14365392#post14365392 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Arati
Mine is right under a 250w radium, I never feed it and it has sweet bubbles and great color

10k 14k 20k?

 

[vetdog]

I have mine under halides and rarely feed and they (GBTA and RBTA) both have bulbs at the ends of every tentacle. Currently they are under a 10K Reeflux

 

[RobNJ]

VET I am looking at changing to reeflux 10k from XM 10k got any pics? do youhave actinics also?