barbadeau Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 So would you all say a GTBA cannot be "colorfully" kept with PC & that it requires MH? Link to comment
reefsrule Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 no, but other factors come into play like age of the tank, your experience, ect Link to comment
ravenmore7 Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 You can keep bta's under PC. It's important to feed an anemone regardless of how much light you have though. It sustains itself more with energy from food than photosynthesis anyway. Link to comment
yoshiod9 Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 as the others said, you can keep them under pc...but water quality does play a fairly good sized role in the life of your anemone. plus, feed feed feed! Link to comment
barbadeau Posted February 1, 2005 Author Share Posted February 1, 2005 I'm cool with feeding, but some say that I HAVE to have more intensity aka MH in order to keep one. One guy even said Watts Per Gallon has no effect. Link to comment
ravenmore7 Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 I'm not a big fan of the watts per gallon rule myself. You don't need mh though for a bta. Decent amount of light, good water quality, and feed the heck out of them. If you do that they're usually not too hard. Link to comment
ebin Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 I am with yoshi water quality, and food play way more of a role than lighting. I had my bta under 24 watts pc in a stock nanocube for almost a year before I upgraded it to 50 watts. never had a problem. Link to comment
barbadeau Posted February 1, 2005 Author Share Posted February 1, 2005 yes but did the animal lose any of its coloring "bleaching" Link to comment
jmt Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 What tank do you have and what type of lighting? Water quality can add to success, but a tank's age really doesn't have a whole lot to do with it (unless it's cycling). From what I've seen, and IMO, BTAs do better under PC light as opposed to MH. Not say say that they can survive under low PC light however. I would also suggest feeding them silversides. Link to comment
ebin Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 Originally posted by barbadeau yes but did the animal lose any of its coloring "bleaching" Looks the same as when I got him. Jmt: silverslides are good to feed but my bta never really liked em too much. Link to comment
barbadeau Posted February 1, 2005 Author Share Posted February 1, 2005 its a 24Gallon Nano Cube with 2 36watt 50/50 PC's.... with water/rock/sand its over 3watts of 50/50 pergallon, I was thinking of doubling that or adding another 36watt Link to comment
JCMA Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 bar- you gotta understand that watts/gallon is a very bad guideline. Most important is how deep is the tank. The deeper the tank the more intense lighting you will need. Link to comment
ebin Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 Originally posted by barbadeau its a 24Gallon Nano Cube with 2 36watt 50/50 PC's.... with water/rock/sand its over 3watts of 50/50 pergallon, I was thinking of doubling that or adding another 36watt Thats plenty just stay up with water quality and feed. you don't need the extra 36 watts Link to comment
jmt Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 I agree. You have enough light to keep a bta. Now you need to worry about water quality and feeding. Link to comment
sirreal63 Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 The wpg rating is more useful in freshwater tanks, don't believe everything you hear. Most people recommend an aged tank not because of jus tthe water quality, but the stability, which has more to do with the person maintaining the tank than the age of the tank. Here is mine kept under 220 watts of pc lights in a 29 gallon. He/she/it was very pale when rescued and has started to color up nicely and eats very well. Link to comment
barbadeau Posted February 2, 2005 Author Share Posted February 2, 2005 Stability yes, so you feel that the Stock Lighting on the 24gallon nano will be sufficient as long as I feed on a weekly or biweekly basis, not to mention hopefully have a clownfish or two to kick in some fewd. Link to comment
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