zooman72
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I was going to post a questions with regards to my lighting over my 50g cube aquarium (24"x24"x20") housing my Magnificent anemone - have been running a Kessil 350N for over a year, with the nem about 15" from the light, and it recently has shrunk quite a bit, but I will get back to that - when I just happened to be by the tank to check on my "new pair" of pink skunks.
I lost my older female when she jumped through the small feed opening in the glass top (she was quite big, and the opening just big enough, lesson learned again...) a couple of months ago, so I recently acquired another smaller male to pair with the now-morphed female. It has been a few hours, and they seem to be "feeling" each other out, mostly with their "dancing", but the female has upped the game - I can hear her "chirps/ clicks/ pops" from several feet!!!
Now it is well known that lots of fish make noise in social behavior, including damsels and clowns, and my pair of clark's can be heard if right in front of the tank when they squabble, but I have never been able to hear such loud, distinct sounds from such a distance, even over the television! Needless to say, I have a new appreciation for their abilities, and just thought I would share...
Back to the lighting question - the mag nem really seemed to shrink since I lost my large original female pink skunk clown, and I had only fed it about once a month with the current lighting (did not want it to get too big), but tried about a month ago to bump feedings up to once a week. However, I noticed the nem would no longer accept food, with no nematocyst firing response, so I upped the carbon usage and did a couple of larger water changes. It worked, with the nem now feeding again, albeit very slowly, and in new competition with the clown (old female never bothered nem when feeding).
I am left wondering if my lighting should be increased (Kessil 350N is at 100%, over a glass top, and about 15" from the nem), or if it should be enough with additional feedings. I am considering either adding another 350N, or trying a Radion xr30 Pro - any thoughts from those that have used LED lighting over anemone aquariums? The aquarium also houses hammer and trumpet corals, one large green tree coral, and a smaller purple H. malu (about 6"), with the H. magnifica on a smooth flat rock shelf right in the center about 7" from the water's surface, where it has not wandered since it was introduced...
I lost my older female when she jumped through the small feed opening in the glass top (she was quite big, and the opening just big enough, lesson learned again...) a couple of months ago, so I recently acquired another smaller male to pair with the now-morphed female. It has been a few hours, and they seem to be "feeling" each other out, mostly with their "dancing", but the female has upped the game - I can hear her "chirps/ clicks/ pops" from several feet!!!
Now it is well known that lots of fish make noise in social behavior, including damsels and clowns, and my pair of clark's can be heard if right in front of the tank when they squabble, but I have never been able to hear such loud, distinct sounds from such a distance, even over the television! Needless to say, I have a new appreciation for their abilities, and just thought I would share...
Back to the lighting question - the mag nem really seemed to shrink since I lost my large original female pink skunk clown, and I had only fed it about once a month with the current lighting (did not want it to get too big), but tried about a month ago to bump feedings up to once a week. However, I noticed the nem would no longer accept food, with no nematocyst firing response, so I upped the carbon usage and did a couple of larger water changes. It worked, with the nem now feeding again, albeit very slowly, and in new competition with the clown (old female never bothered nem when feeding).
I am left wondering if my lighting should be increased (Kessil 350N is at 100%, over a glass top, and about 15" from the nem), or if it should be enough with additional feedings. I am considering either adding another 350N, or trying a Radion xr30 Pro - any thoughts from those that have used LED lighting over anemone aquariums? The aquarium also houses hammer and trumpet corals, one large green tree coral, and a smaller purple H. malu (about 6"), with the H. magnifica on a smooth flat rock shelf right in the center about 7" from the water's surface, where it has not wandered since it was introduced...