Minimum lighting needed for Anemone

[Craig Manoukian]

I have 110 watts of 10,000K PC lighting in my 20 gallon, and it's only 12" deep. Need more light IMO!

 

[fidojoe]

FWIW, I beleive mwrager ran 4x 96 w on his 125g(72" long) for a while, and he had several anemones that did well in his system. He did upgrade his lighting to include 2x 250w mh recently, on top of his PC's. From what I have seen, there doesn't seem to be much of a difference as far as the anemones go (other corals yes, I have noticed a difference), maybe he will chime in and give the specifics.

 

[BoomerD]

In my opinion, you'd need at least one more of those 2x96 watt fixtures before attempting an anemone, and then, not until the tank has been up and fully cycled for at least 6 months.

 

[mwrager]

My anomies did very well under my PC. 2-10k 96 watt and 2-03's 96 watt for a total of 96 watts. I had 6 anomies with 3 being different kinds. Some moved to the top of the rocks and some staid ½ way down on the rocks. I then added 2-250 watt MH and the anomies stayed right where they were, they look the same. Now I do hand feed mine once per week, shrimp. Hope this helps. The three different anomies are the 3-BTA, 1-LongTA, and 2 flower anomies.