Is this enough Light for a BTA?

[KozmoK]

Greetings,

This is my first time posting here. Up until now I have had a Fish only 140 Gal Tank....no corals, but about 60 lbs of live rock

Funny story really, I had two Clownfish, one died a year and a half ago, and the other one just disappeared about a year ago.
I have my tank built into a closet, so I did not notice that it jumped over the overflow pastic and into the overflow. Low and behold she had been living in there for nearly a year!

I want to spoil her with an Anemone. I have a 48" Coralife Aqualight Deluxe 260 watts will this be sufficient or should I get some sort of pendant metal halide to add to it?

Thanks!

Koz

 

[redvipe2010]

In a 140 gal. tank? Not enough lighting IMO.

 

[KozmoK]

I am thinking about buying something like these, adding 300 watts

http://cgi.ebay.com/Coralife-150w-M...7QQihZ015QQcategoryZ46314QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[redvipe2010]

I have one on my 25g. During the first two months of use, the connection from the light to the ballast melted. Had to wait for them to send me a new one. They sent me the wrong ballast, that took a week. I called them again, they finally sent me a complete new set up. This took another week. I refuse to leave it on when I'm not home, it has me afraid of fire.

I still don't believe this is enough light for a 140 gallon tank. This is what my BTA looks like in a 25g using that exact same fixture. I think you will have your BTA in an undesireable location, most likely hanging on the glass to reach the light. At 60lbs of LR, that is not enough to build the rock work up high enough. IMO.

 

[bigdaddyadam]

IMO your need minimum 5 watts per gallon for a BTA

 

[KozmoK]

Thanks

Thanks

I appreciate your guys help. I am going to order some new lights asap!

Koz

 

[rogart]

Depends on several things, How deep is your tank? how close to the surface can the anemone get? Where is the high point (middle directly under light or at the back)? What color lights do you have? What kind of BTA are you planning on small, large, green, brown, rose, clone, wild caught, etc? My preference find someone wiht years of success, get a clone and try to match their light practices. Clones tend to be more hardy.

 

[rogart]

Not recommended, but here are my 60W NO flourescent anemones. Original clone is 2yrs. (small, brown, clone from a low light tank, fed frequently, located 6in from surface in the center)
Not saying you have enough light, but just wanted to illustrate you have to know what you are buying and provide it with what it needs.