Mick has Landed

[TheMick]

Hello all!

New to the forum. Hope to settle in nicely here.

Short Bio:
I started keeping underwater creatures in captivity about 4 years ago. Within the first year I moved from a 3 gallon tank to a 100 gallon (freshwater). At that time I decided to give saltwater a try and was quickly won over.
Since then, I no longer have a freshwater tank. My saltwater is a 26 gallon bowfront with 2 oscellaris clowns, a goby, a chocolate chip starfish, and an anemone (which was just added yesterday).

Looking forward to spending time on the forum.

 

[mr_X]

Welcome Mick. You are going to need a lot stronger lighting for that anemone than the stock hood.

 

[TheMick]

Welcome Mick. You are going to need a lot stronger lighting for that anemone than the stock hood.

How would I go about doing that? And is that why he so puffy right now?

 

[mr_X]

It looks like it should in my opinion. Once you get stronger lighting it will probably gain some color.
How I would go about getting stronger lighting is to measure my tank length and width, decide what creatures I was going to keep in it, and purchase a fixture that will fit, and support them.

 

[TheMick]

The light itself isn't stock. I'm not sure on the specks, but I got it because it is made to emulate Tropical lighting. It's much brighter than the image shows.

 

[mr_X]

It looks like a stock 29 gallon hood. It's probably got a single T8 lamp in it. Turn it over and look. That will not support an anemone.

 

[TheMick]

The lamp is a Coralife 10,000k. F15-T8-BP.

What should I be looking for?

 

[mr_X]

If I'm not mistaken, that's a 15 watt T8 lamp. It's a stock fixture and it will not support photosynthetic creatures, except for maybe algae.
the 10,000k is just the color temperature of the lamp.
You need something much stronger. I would suggest at least a 4 lamp T5 HO fixture, something like this:
Current USA Nova Extreme T5 Aquarium Lighting Fixture, 4X24 Watt, 24 inch