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Jstadler
07-01-2011, 08:33 PM
The wife is letting me set up my 20 gal as a clownfish tank. I'd like to be able to keep an anemone in there, and was wondering how many bulbs am I going to need, will a 2 bulb fixture work, or do I have to do 4 bulb minimum.


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larryandlaura
07-02-2011, 06:27 AM
What kind of anemone are you putting on there? The four bulb should be plenty of light.
Jstadler
07-02-2011, 08:02 AM
My RBTA split on me a month or so ago, so that will probably be the one. That is if I can get one to move off the rock they are both on.


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larryandlaura
07-02-2011, 09:12 AM
Just point a powerhead at one of them. It should irritate it enough to make it move. Congratulations on the splite.
Jstadler
07-02-2011, 10:01 AM
Or maybe I can move them both to the 20 and get a carpet or something new for the 120. Lol


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larryandlaura
07-02-2011, 11:28 AM
There's a cool idea!
Jstadler
07-02-2011, 09:13 PM
I just ordered an Aquaticlife 4 bulb fixture from Fosters & Smith.


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MizTanks
07-02-2011, 10:53 PM
I just ordered an Aquaticlife 4 bulb fixture from Fosters & Smith.


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That's the exact fixture I'm running on my 26g bow front. Love it!
Jstadler
07-09-2011, 08:14 AM
The fixture showed up yesterday, and is everything I expected out of Aquaticlife, this is the second of their fixtures I've bought and will probably be the only brand of fixture I'll ever use. The tank has been up and cycling since Tuesday. I'll try and get some pics and maybe a project log started on it and the 120. If I get sometime in my life that is.


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larryandlaura
07-09-2011, 02:13 PM
I have a aquatic life 12 bulb T5 fixture as well. Sweet fixtures! I like how they come with the purple bulbs now.
Jstadler
07-09-2011, 02:47 PM
Mine didn't come with purple though. Just actinic and white. Probably just on the 6 bulb plus models.


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larryandlaura
07-09-2011, 02:58 PM
Yeah I think they only come with the 72 inch 12 bulb fixture. The bulb setup makes the colors pop. However I will be replacing the bulbs with ATI's.
Jstadler
07-12-2011, 07:21 AM
Here it is all set up and cycling. Nothing fancy just a HOB filter, heater and one of my old Tunze Nanostreams for flow

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/4590/1003273s.jpg
larryandlaura
07-12-2011, 07:26 AM
Very nice John. How many tanks do you have?
Jstadler
07-12-2011, 07:31 AM
Very nice John. How many tanks do you have?

Only the 2 for now. Lol


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