55 Gallon Reef In Progress

[jworth]

occellaris can be quite picky on their anemone. I believe that in the wild, they cost one of the carpet anemones. However, I dont recommend these to anyone. I have personally seen them host bubble tips on many occasions and that is the only anemone that I suggest a hobbyist to purchase.

ps the light fixture you purchased will be fine but the bulbs that come with them are terrible and should be replaced asap at least within 5-6 months.

 

[xRage10]

occellaris can be quite picky on their anemone. I believe that in the wild, they cost one of the carpet anemones. However, I dont recommend these to anyone. I have personally seen them host bubble tips on many occasions and that is the only anemone that I suggest a hobbyist to purchase.

ps the light fixture you purchased will be fine but the bulbs that come with them are terrible and should be replaced asap at least within 5-6 months.

Thanks for the good info! I had heard bubble tips, but I had also heard not bubble tips. I figured that it was just either ocells being picky or not suitable for any anemone. Thanks though

I heard that about the bulbs, too. I do plan on replacing those more towards December or so.

By the way, excuse the fibers in the pics. Occured after I had cleaned my filter, hopefully gonna siphon most of them out during the next water change.

 

[xRage10]

Been a while since I've posted, huh?

Just got my new lights two nights ago. They look awesome, I must say. Overall performance is excellent, only time will tell how durable it is. I'll get pics posted up asap.

However, I do have a question about keeping corals and anemone. I plan on getting my water quality in check as well as getting several more pieces of live rock in to finish up getting ready for a coral or two. I have two 250watt metal halides, one on each side of the tank. How often do the metal halides need to be on for any corals/anemone? I plan on keeping the blue actinics (54 watts each, 4 of them) on from 6pm to 2am every day, but no clue what times I should put the metal halides on and for how long. Tried looking some stuff up, but can't really see any defined answers.

 

[TMartinez]

What lights did you get?

 

[xRage10]

http://www.aquatraders.com/48-716W-Metal-Halide-T5-LED-Combo-p/54267.htm

Those. I'm gonna end up replacing the MH's by the Christmas holidays cause, as jworth said, the bulbs that come with the fixture aren't spectacular. They get the job done and look fine, but they don't/won't last long.