lightingfor anemones

[knucklehead562]

will 24 watt power compacts be enough for an anemone to survive? new to this stuff, have only messed with fish and am very lazy with my water changes but trying to be good now.

 

[stagefright13]

Anemone's need the sunlight to survive. If you can't make artificial sunlight it will die.

And you are far from achieving that.

 

[Toddrtrex]

Even without knowing the size of the tank, I would say that 24 watts of PC is not enough for a hosting anemone.

 

[stagefright13]

You will need an astronomical boost in lighting even for a BTA. They live on sunlight. Although they will eat if you feed them. Without sunlight they will die no matter what you feed it.

 

[knucklehead562]

55 gal hexagonal lots of live rock and 4inch dsb, 20 gallon sump w octopus nw-150 skimmer what kind of lights do i need and how much? only have room for 24" i think