Bubble Tip Under LED's

46gReef · Feb 25, 2013

Anyone successfully keeping BTA's under LED's? If so would anyone mind sharing tank/lighting specs? Thanks in advance.

Pappy · Feb 25, 2013

Mine has split 4 times. Rbta 120, DIY LEDs with Cree bulbs. 70'ish bulbs I think.

Steveowhits · Feb 26, 2013

I have had my BTA under LED's for about 6 months. The anenome came to me around 3" and is now 5". I have a Goldflake Clown who makes sweet love to it all day/night as well. My lights are Orphek PR-156xp LED 120 watt. My lights do not currently dim so my tank is very high par.

The anenome was placed on the darker side of a large 20lb boulder in semi shade. The current was low-med. The aneonme over the course of a 3 days worked around to a higher current location on the edge of high par direct lighting. Currently, it moves back and fourth a few inches; sometimes to darker, lower par areas. The anenome is only fed by the clownfish but is very healthy and colorful.

Good Luck Reefer.

Denali08 · Feb 26, 2013

I have one under factory Nanocube professional LEDs for a year and it loves them.

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cet98 · Feb 27, 2013

I'm not sure what the concern would be with BTAs with regards to LED lighting....anemones will do well under any lighting currently in our hobby so long as it is bright enough to maintain its zooxanthellae symbiosis without bleaching it....
I think the bigger question is "how do they look" under LEDs, which I personally had issue with. I was never able to get the color or saturation I liked under them and so I went to T5s and never looked back...

icedearth15324 · Feb 27, 2013

My RBTA looks amazing under my LEDs. I have the Steve's LEDs retrofit kit for the 12 gallon nano cube. It's been growing too.

GnarleyMarley · Feb 27, 2013

I have a rbta that has split once unde my radions, and a GBTA that is about 8" in diameter and as far as color go they look more intensly colored under the radions then they ever did under my 8 bulb t5. but thats just my exp.

46gReef · Feb 27, 2013

Thanks everyone for all the responses.....my concern is that after keeping a RBTA successfully under metal halides for 3 years(and it never moved once) I switched to LED's. It started moving all over my tank and eventually fell prey to my powerhead. Just wanted to gauge everyone's success with LED's. Thanks again.

SNAKEMANVET · Feb 28, 2013

I have my rbta under a 120 leds now for a month and it seems to be doing good.Time will tell.

Ligershark · Feb 28, 2013

i have to gbta and a rose that came to me with a white base that is now clearly green...not saying it made it a rainbow, just brought out the colors. kessil led

tj51 · Mar 2, 2013

I have to agree with the poster. When I switched from MH to LEDs my nems did not like it. They started running, deflating, and splitting. After a month or 2 in "hiding" the ones I kept started venturing up on into the light and now love it. I have to wonder if perhaps the LED "concentration" might cause them some irritation?

46gReef · Mar 4, 2013

I was wondering the same thing.....ordered a red & green BTA for my Gold Striped Maroon clown....they will be in next Tuesday....we'll see how it goes.

Swine · Mar 5, 2013

Mine can't find a place it likes under my DIY with cree LEDs. But I've changed power heads and have never owned a GBTA to know how much light they actually want. Sharing my experience, but full disclosure... I am a noob...

Aznyoyoboy57 · Mar 7, 2013

Here is mine under LED....had it in my tank for over four months now and have never even move...LOVE THIS RBTA

BENT STIX · Mar 7, 2013

I have a radion and reef bright LEDs and my new rainbow bta seems to be fine.

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Weichenthalc · Aug 15, 2017

GnarleyMarley said:
I have a rbta that has split once unde my radions, and a GBTA that is about 8" in diameter and as far as color go they look more intensly colored under the radions then they ever did under my 8 bulb t5. but thats just my exp.

I have a rbta, 90g reef with radions.. what is your lighting template like?

|FATHOM| · Aug 15, 2017

First image is when I first got the nem. Second image is the nem now after about a year under a photon32 with blues at 100 and whites at 10 percent for 5 hours a day ramped up and down