Noob with a question

[St0rmtr00p3r]

New here. What I’m working with. 5.5 gallon Nano. Tank age is approximately 4 months and a few weeks. No fish. I think it’s too small for fish. Just my rock, sand, and my two blue leg hermit crabs.. my filter is a hyggar hob canister filter. I use ocean water and not self mix. Light I use is Aquaneat LED full spectrum.

My question is this. I don’t have corals. Just me and my hermits. No big deal on that cause I watch them non stop and I’m happy. But I’ve always wanted an anemone. Nothing crazy. I’ve thought of trying a conde. My light might be weak for a lot of things. But seeing how it sits on a glass top, and from the top of the sanded to the top of water line is only 8 inches max. Not including rock level if it climbs. What is the likelihood of my light being strong enough to give that conde ether a light level requirement it needs?

 

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[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

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[TX_REEF]

Welcome! Can you share a link to the light? Many anemones really do not need much light (compared to high light demand SPS corals)

 

[Ocean_Queenie]

Hello & Welcome to R2R!

 

[Jimbhoy13]

Welcome to R2R and the salty world. I don’t know answer to your light question but hopefully someone will.

 

[PharmrJohn]

You can put an anemone in a Pico tank. I'm not concerned about tank size. But I'm not familiar with your lighting fixture. That being said, I kept one in a 24 inch deep 90G tank and it chose the bottom(ish) part of the tank. And I was running just T5s. It was happy with what had to be a lower PAR value. I believe the guideline is at least 5W per gallon. Just make sure your tank is fully cycled and parameters are good.

So Greetings and Welcome to our collective obsession!

 

[dschuffert]

Welcome!!

 

[zheka757]

Welcome to R2R!

 

[DDenny]

 

[tharbin]

Welcome to R2R! No idea on your light question as it is a function of both light output and spectrum but anemones are mostly tolerant of lower light levels.

 

[kevgib67]

Welcome, glad you are here!

 

[Brisk]

Welcome!

 

[St0rmtr00p3r]

Welcome! Can you share a link to the light? Many anemones really do not need much light (compared to high light demand SPS corals)

I will do. Sadly the link will be an Amazon link and I’m not sure all the info will be displayed. But I will search more if needed.

https://a.co/d/03KVC70B

 

[gnarlydudecory]

Welcome to the reef.

 

[St0rmtr00p3r]

New here. What I’m working with. 5.5 gallon Nano. Tank age is approximately 4 months and a few weeks. No fish. I think it’s too small for fish. Just my rock, sand, and my two blue leg hermit crabs.. my filter is a hyggar hob canister filter. I use ocean water and not self mix. Light I use is Aquaneat LED full spectrum.

My question is this. I don’t have corals. Just me and my hermits. No big deal on that cause I watch them non stop and I’m happy. But I’ve always wanted an anemone. Nothing crazy. I’ve thought of trying a conde. My light might be weak for a lot of things. But seeing how it sits on a glass top, and from the top of the sanded to the top of water line is only 8 inches max. Not including rock level if it climbs. What is the likelihood of my light being strong enough to give that conde ether a light level requirement it needs?

I just now reread this message. And I apologize to anyone who had to struggle through the typos. Predictive text did me dirty on that :(

 

[St0rmtr00p3r]

Also, as an afterthought. I do realize if my anemone will flourish, and grow, some can get quite large. So don’t frown on my 5.5 just yet. I also have a 45 gallon and a 125 gallon on hand. So expansion is always possible. But for now I wanna stay small.

 

[TX_REEF]

I will do. Sadly the link will be an Amazon link and I’m not sure all the info will be displayed. But I will search more if needed.

https://a.co/d/03KVC70B

Ah, I am familiar with these. I use one for a 5 gallon planted freshwater tank. I would not buy it again because of lack of spectrum and intensity control.

We can recommend some better options for you, can I ask what is your honest budget?

 

[NanoNana]

My RFA likes lower intensity lights.
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