Help with my Anemone..

[jasonandsarah]

I also re-verified the reading following a water change...

Phosphates - 0.0 - 0.25

Nitrates - 0-5 ppm

Now I've also moved the BTA to 1/2 way up the water depth ( from 2/3 to 3/4 deep previously) in hopes that slightly more light will be beneficial.

I'm doing a ton of lighting comparison. I'm leaning toward the thought that I don't have strong enough lights.. I'm looking at replacing my 27W led's (Fluval Aquasky LED) with
CURRENT USA ORBIT MARINE LED AQUARIUM FIXTURE 36"-48" - 35W.

If you have any suggestions for lighting that is better in the $200 and under per fixture please let me know.

I agree that your lighting most likely isn't enough. I would stay away from the orbit marine led as it's gonna be very similar to what you already have. Your nitrates are good but the phosphates are to hard to tell. 0.0-0.25 is way to wide of a range for phosphates. 0.00 is way to low and 0.25 is pretty high. Target range for phosphate would be 0.03-0.05 little higher isn't too bad.

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[Jason Briggs]

A new picture of the BTA..

The female Clown (and the male too usually) just can't pass up photo ops... And yes, the BTA likes to be horizontal in that rock quite often is seems. This shot is straight down from the top of the water surface.

 

[Jason Briggs]

I agree that your lighting most likely isn't enough. I would stay away from the orbit marine led as it's gonna be very similar to what you already have. Your nitrates are good but the phosphates are to hard to tell. 0.0-0.25 is way to wide of a range for phosphates. 0.00 is way to low and 0.25 is pretty high. Target range for phosphate would be 0.03-0.05 little higher isn't too bad.

For 140$ with WiFi these are pretty nice. http://m.ebay.com/itm/201332405274

If you don't care for the WiFi
http://m.ebay.com/itm/281553749262

I'm adding another 70 gallons of water to the system, in that will be a 20 gallon sump, where I will include phosphate absorption media to combat phosphates.