Lighting for RBTA

[hoostw]

I read the FAQ on the stickie, but I have a question.

I have a RBTA coming in tommorow, which of my lights should I use for a 46 Bow Front.

1. I have a JBJ Compact. Fl. which has 2 x 96 watt - 36" bulbs -
I'd like to use this, since it looks cleaner.

2. I have a 250 watt Metal Halide pendant, but I don't have a canopy for it. I'd have to build one tonight or somehow hang it.

My question. Will it be OK with the compact Flo. lighting? There's probably 5-7 inches from the surface from the highest rock...

Or should I not even risk it and go with the Metal Halide?

BTW, I've had a tank now for almost 10 years, this is my first attempt at an anenome....

 

[Buster4900]

I had a 46 gallon with a 250watt MH and the BTA did well. But he did not sit in the bright light, so maybe the fluorescents will be OK.

 

[gskidmor]

my RBTA is thriving (maybe too much so since it's getting huge) at the bottom of a 24 gallon tank under a 70 watt HQI bulb, so the PC's should be more than enough. In one of my older tanks, I had a 29 gallon sps with a 250 watt MH and the anemone moved all the time trying to find shade! My current setup, he never moves!!

 

[r55nls2002]

I started out with an bta in a 90gal. and now I have 10.
lighting on my 90:

2 55 watt 10000 K cf
2 55 watt atinic cf
1 40 watt 420 atinic t12

 

[r55nls2002]

The 1 bta i started with split. Thats how I ended up with 10.

 

[seaduck]

how many years did it take u to get 10 of them? Approx how large were they b4 they split?

 

[r55nls2002]

It took about a year and a half. They get about 6 to 8 inches before they split.