method0075
Aquarium Advice Regular
I would like to get some help regarding my anenome... Currently using track lighting ( I know the experts are already rolling their eyes but please continue reading before you tear me a new one 
)about 6inches from the waters surface. They are the GU-16 50watts each bulbs with the U/V filter removed. There are 4 on the track = 200 watts. But wait... I heard the true intensity of these lights can be counted as double what the wattage is. For instance 50 watts is really comprable to 100 watts.
Based on this I figured my 50 gallon tank would be producing 8 watts per gallon. Alot more then those dinky 15 watt flourescent tubes that most aquariums use.
I thought 8 watts per gallon would be sufficient. I have some rather high LR ledges almost to the top of the water line. I placed the Anenome up there and he has not been seen to move at all since I got him on saturday.
My tank is exploding with coraline and other growth since I added the new lights!
Here is my concern The anenome will not accept my silversides or anything else I feed it for that matter. I bought a cooking baster, and tried to squirt some phytoplankton and vitamin enriched Mysis shrimp directly into his mouth but he would close up and nothing seemed to go in.
Current health of anenome appears OK still tan/brown pink foot and engulfed tentacles. I have not seen him expel anything. When I go down stairs in the morning to turn on the lights he is often laying down on the LR. It perks right back up when the lights come on. I also notice at the end of the day he will be facing away from the lights as if they are to bright?
This has turned into an anenome thread sorry... If this creature is doomed I want to take to the fish store and give it up to them. I like to create life not destroy because my inexperience.
)about 6inches from the waters surface. They are the GU-16 50watts each bulbs with the U/V filter removed. There are 4 on the track = 200 watts. But wait... I heard the true intensity of these lights can be counted as double what the wattage is. For instance 50 watts is really comprable to 100 watts. Based on this I figured my 50 gallon tank would be producing 8 watts per gallon. Alot more then those dinky 15 watt flourescent tubes that most aquariums use.
I thought 8 watts per gallon would be sufficient. I have some rather high LR ledges almost to the top of the water line. I placed the Anenome up there and he has not been seen to move at all since I got him on saturday.
My tank is exploding with coraline and other growth since I added the new lights!
Here is my concern The anenome will not accept my silversides or anything else I feed it for that matter. I bought a cooking baster, and tried to squirt some phytoplankton and vitamin enriched Mysis shrimp directly into his mouth but he would close up and nothing seemed to go in.
Current health of anenome appears OK still tan/brown pink foot and engulfed tentacles. I have not seen him expel anything. When I go down stairs in the morning to turn on the lights he is often laying down on the LR. It perks right back up when the lights come on. I also notice at the end of the day he will be facing away from the lights as if they are to bright?
This has turned into an anenome thread sorry... If this creature is doomed I want to take to the fish store and give it up to them. I like to create life not destroy because my inexperience.
