Anemone question

stangd1909 · Post by **stangd1909** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 10:29 pm

Can I put an Anemone in my tank? I know puffer eat invertebrates, but not sure with Anemones?

Thanks

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 10:45 pm

Would need to know more about your tank. How long has it been established? What SG? Lighting?

stangd1909 · Post by **stangd1909** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 12:27 am

Right now my tank is a 92 gallon corner, but I am up sizing to a 200 next week. My current tank as been up for 6 months...

stangd1909 · Post by **stangd1909** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 12:27 am

Lightning I have figured out yet, I would get what ever needed.

stangd1909 · Post by **stangd1909** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 12:43 am

this is the one I am looking at. It's my friends and he's trying to get rid of it.

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 12:49 am

You're going to need at minimum, several T5 lights, all with individual reflectors. SG needs to be at 1.026. Do you have a skimmer?

stangd1909 · Post by **stangd1909** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 12:52 am

Yeah I have a Octopus skimmer with a 250 gallon rating. I will be up grading to a 400 gallon skimmer in a few months.

stangd1909 · Post by **stangd1909** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 1:02 am

Here are two lights that I am looking at...are they suitable?

http://www.saltwatereddies.com/content- ... light.html

http://www.saltwatereddies.com/content- ... xture.html

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 2:04 am

That 1st one looks pretty $$$. The 2nd one, I can't tell if they have individual reflectors, can you?

Here is where I buy my lighting supplies: http://www.reefgeek.com. They are great for advising on the phone, too.

stangd1909 · Post by **stangd1909** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 2:53 am

Thanks for the site...I am looking at getting to of these for my 8ft tank

http://www.reefgeek.com/lighting/T5_Flu ... ure_by_ATI

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 10:47 am

You're going to need 2 of those for an 8' tank. I highly suggest building a canopy & installing the bulb fixtures yourself, it's way cheaper. Did you read bulbs sold separately? You're talking about a ton of $$$ here! Reefgeeks is great for recommendations on what fixtures & color bulbs to get.

greenspottedlover · Post by **greenspottedlover** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 10:54 am

What type of puffer is going into this tank?

stangd1909 · Post by **stangd1909** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 12:38 pm

Stars and stripes puffer

greenspottedlover · Post by **greenspottedlover** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 1:11 pm

stangd1909 wrote:Stars and stripes puffer

Nice.

stangd1909 · Post by **stangd1909** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 1:50 pm

Pufferpunk wrote:You're going to need 2 of those for an 8' tank. I highly suggest building a canopy & installing the bulb fixtures yourself, it's way cheaper. Did you read bulbs sold separately? You're talking about a ton of $$$ here! Reefgeeks is great for recommendations on what fixtures & color bulbs to get.

I know, the money's not a huge deal. I just wanna get the lighting right the first go a round. I have a canopy on the tank, a nice one. Maybe I can just install the reflectors right on the canopy, that might be the best way.

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