#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#I have just set up my 29 gal. tank after moving. I was thinking of adding more light so that I could keep corals or anenomes. Do I need to get crazy with the lighting and spend a couple hundred dollars or can I just buy a double light strip/hood for about $50 and put two 50/50 bulbs in it? The other question is, do I really want an anenome? Will they eat my fish, are they too much trouble? #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Also, I have allways started slow when adding fish and other living things into the aquarium, like two fish every so often to let them get settled. Is this necessary? And if so, is it worth buying two fish off of a website. The shipping kills you if you don't buy enough. #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Thanks for the help!!!!!#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#
as for your lighting, if you want keep corals or anemones the yes you'll probably have to spend a few hundred dollars. the loose rule of thumb has always been 3-5 watts per gallon of water but thats usually considered the bare minimum with 5+ being better, depending on the type of light and what you plan to keep. 150w of florescent lighting is way less intense than 150w of metal halide lighting.
As for the anemone, they aren't really for beginners and can be kind of finicky and tedious to keep sometimes but if you do your homework and have the proper tank setup for it you can keep one just fine. Most do not eat live fish regularly however some anemones such as a carpet anemone can and sometimes will eat your fish if they get too close.
yes adding your livestock slowly is necessary. You have to give the tanks biological process's time to catch up with the new waste from the new fish or other critters. Its all part of the nitrogen cycle. As for buying 2 fish on line, i would say its not worth it unless its something you really want and cant find locally because you are right about the shipping. An alternative is to find someone that lives close to you and submit a group order, that way you both get good prices and can split the shipping making it easier to foot the bill..
I tried to keep a anemone in the 29 i used to have. The biggest problem with it is
the amount of room Thea take up open Thea can take a considerable amount
of your tank up. And you have to keep all coral out of their reach
#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#I had a few anenomes, years ago. Some died because of lighting probelems and I didn't know that I had to feed them. (Go Figure!) The only one that I had do well crawled into the intake of the filter and got stuck and died. #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#I may try to find a good used light fixture. Otherwise I'm going to wait until I move again and upgrade my tank to a larger, more reef capable system.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#
New tank set up
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