Lighting for anemones

Terry DeMott

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I have 15 anemones and 50 clown fish w/some sps I am running Hydra 52 HD Should I be running t5s to ?
 
No prob not. And it’s depends on how many led and what the settings are.
 
here is my setup I have 3 hydra 52 HD

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If you cant or don’t want to afford a par meter. You can use a lux meter like this one.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LSFR0F...t=&hvlocphy=9061183&hvtargid=pla-505585159192

Meter the hotter spots at the top of the water.
Based on your settings, devide the number by 65 and that is the approximate par.

I think you would want about 300- 400 par at the top of a 20in deep tank.
Based on an eight hour peak photo period.
BUT
If the nems are fine , they ARE fine.

I’m not a fan of making adjustments for a single species in a tank. If you bump the par , and have low light coral, it can cause probs.
If you have med and mixed , just go slow in acclimation of overall peak intensity.

But overall, I’d say what you have is likely fine.
 

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