Bubble tip anemone

[Cbones1979]

Oh I see, I hope you can find something good enough for your anemone.

Was told in another thread to buy the light I have. Now being told to buy another. I’ll prob try to pass the anemone back to that fish place. Stinks but hey, it is what it is.

 

[Cbones1979]

Was told in another thread to buy the light I have. Now being told to buy another. I’ll prob try to pass the anemone back to that fish place. Stinks but hey, it is what it is. Thanks for the help.

 

[RJ F.]

Unfortunately any light that will give you the par you need is going to sit above the tank. If it's an issue unfortunately you will have to pass on higher par reef animals

 

[Cbones1979]

Unfortunately any light that will give you the par you need is going to sit above the tank. If it's an issue unfortunately you will have to pass on higher par reef animals

Yeah that’s what I’m thinking.

 

[RJ F.]

Can you take a pic of your tank setup?

 

[Cbones1979]

Can you take a pic of your tank setup?

 

[RJ F.]

Idk how much you're into diy but you def have enough room to make platform to hold the light. Also they make t5ho fixtures that mount on the sides of the tank like your orbit does.

 

[Cbones1979]

Idk how much you're into diy but you def have enough room to make platform to hold the light. Also they make t5ho fixtures that mount on the sides of the tank like your orbit does.

I’ll look into that tomorrow. Thanks

 

[RJ F.]

This was just a quick search

 

[RJ F.]

Not advocating for this light but there was a review with your size tank

 

[Cbones1979]

What’s the difference between the two

 

[RJ F.]

Looks like the odyssey is just t5. The one I showed you is t5ho (high ouput). What settings are you using your orbit on?

 

[bdesign]

Parameters are all fine. Tank year old. 2 clowns goby cleaner crew. 20 gallon long. Light is below. I was using a lesser light but was told on here to get a better light and that recovery could take some time.

I have an old version Orbit Marine on my 60g high tank which has several anemones (2 were in it for a year) doing fine.
The tank also, grows leathers, GSP, frogspawn, hammers, coraline, and a bunch of random fauna just fine.

 

[Cbones1979]

Looks like the odyssey is just t5. The one I showed you is t5ho (high ouput). What settings are you using your orbit on?

Haven’t really adjusted the settings. I have it going on 12 off 12. Added rolling weather too. I’ll see if there is higher output. I can change the amount of certain colors. Didn’t really find anything online for specifics on it

 

[Cbones1979]

I have an old version Orbit Marine on my 60g high tank which has several anemones (2 were in it for a year) doing fine.
The tank also, grows leathers, GSP, frogspawn, hammers, coraline, and a bunch of random fauna just fine.

What settings did you use?

 

[bdesign]

What settings did you use?

I didn’t mess with specific colors (not sure if you even can on mine)... just on at 8am and off around 7pm with an hour or so ramp of moonlight (blue).
I don’t use the weather, lightening, etc.

Although I don’t actively work on the tank at all... it’s FAIRLY doing its own thing.
I toss in a bit of food a few days a week and that’s it.

...and, YES, I know it's an ugly mess. haha

 

[RJ F.]

Those anemones look a little dull with alot of extension. Could just be the light not showing the colors. Hard to tell from that pic. But according to orbit on a 24" deep tank midway down is only 50 par. That's not enough for anemones. However that would keep softies.

 

[RJ F.]

Here is what I found

 

[bdesign]

Those anemones look a little dull with alot of extension. Could just be the light not showing the colors. Hard to tell from that pic. But according to orbit on a 24" deep tank midway down is only 50 par. That's not enough for anemones. However that would keep softies.

The cell phone camera is terrible at portraying the colors - they're actually a very pretty GREEN, believe it or not.
I bought those FOR the extended tentacles from a local reefer... there's a bubbly one at the bottom right of the photo (it's a red color).
I'm not at all saying my experience is or would be considered typical/normal, but for some reason, it works.

I just transferred two of the eight (?) to the 240g a few weeks ago and they're absolutley gorgeous under the AIs and T5s.

 

[RJ F.]

According to the light that OP bought in a 20L aquarium which is 12" deep. The anemone would have to be 6" or higher in the tank for it to just get above the recommended par for anemones. I will say to OP that since its alrdy bleached it might just take some time. I wouldn't buy other lights right now. Just keep an eye on your anemone, dont feed it, let it just find its spot. If it's been moving then it's trying to look for a comfortable spot