Stichodactyla lighting

[cet98]

I’m looking for experienced advice on the proper lighting spectrum and duration for the Stichodactyla family of anemones.
Most specifically the Giganteas and Haddonis.
I have both Radion XR30 Gen4 and Prime 16HD lighting options and would love to know what spectrum (light settings) and time duration others are having long term success with.

Appreciate the advice in advance

 

[Gumbies R Us]

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[Rocks reef]

Ok, first two questions. How big and what are the dimensions of your tank?

 

[cet98]

Ok, first two questions. How big and what are the dimensions of your tank?

5-6” gigantea is currently in a 10 gal QT and will be moved to a 47 gallon lagoon at 16” high

6-8” Haddoni is in a 25 gallon lagoon at 12” high

 

[Fish Fan]

I'm not an expert on Anemone care, but I'm pretty sure a Gigantea will need larger than a 47 gallon tank

I believe @OrionN is very good with anemone questions, if he has a minute to take a look.

Good luck!

 

[cet98]

I'm not an expert on Anemone care, but I'm pretty sure a Gigantea will need larger than a 47 gallon tank

I believe @OrionN is very good with anemone questions, if he has a minute to take a look.

Good luck!

You are correct as it will eventually require more real estate but at it’s current size, it will be good for some time as I do not feed my anemones directly.

 

[Rocks reef]

5-6” gigantea is currently in a 10 gal QT and will be moved to a 47 gallon lagoon at 16” high

6-8” Haddoni is in a 25 gallon lagoon at 12” high

I would swap them and put the gig in the shallow and haddoni in the deeper one. Reason being, gigs like higher light that haddoni do. Haddoni's do quite well in 200-300 PAR with a whiter spectrum. How many lights will you be using per tank? It won't matter much if you are using two on the 47 gallon.
Also keep in mind, Haddoni prefer a sandbed. Actually at the edge of a rock on the sandbed. While gigs prefer to attach to rock, or a rocky substrate where they can anchor their foot.

 

[Rocks reef]

You have any pics of your nems?
I have a purple haddoni sunbathing in 300 PAR.

 

[MikeyA]

I would swap them and put the gig in the shallow and haddoni in the deeper one. Reason being, gigs like higher light that haddoni do. Haddoni's do quite well in 200-300 PAR with a whiter spectrum. How many lights will you be using per tank? It won't matter much if you are using two on the 47 gallon.
Also keep in mind, Haddoni prefer a sandbed. Actually at the edge of a rock on the sandbed. While gigs prefer to attach to rock, or a rocky substrate where they can anchor their foot.

+1 agree, gigs prefer higher lighting than Haddoni's do. My red Haddoni prefers lighting around 200-250 Par. My gig I have in qt really expands when my lighting gets around 400 par.

 

[cet98]

Thanks all but I am still looking for answers to my question regarding light color spectrum (color settings) and time duration, not par value.

Haddoni is under a Prime 16HD using a custom setting (photo attached for reference) for 12 hrs and I have my Chicago Sunburst nems under a Radion XR30 using the AB+ color setting for 8 hrs.

Looking for feedback from others as to what they use for their Haddoni and Gigantea carpets please, thank you

 

[MikeyA]

Gotcha, i misinterpreted the conversation. I run my lights closer to a 12k whiter spectrum, but still pretty heavy in the 420-445nm spectrum. I run orphek icons currently with settings close to their helius profile (full spectrum) but with a bump up on the very royal blue range with turned down 460-485nm range

 

[KrisReef]

Gotcha, i misinterpreted the conversation. I run my lights closer to a 12k whiter spectrum, but still pretty heavy in the 420-445nm spectrum. I run orphek icons currently with settings close to their helius profile (full spectrum) but with a bump up on the very royal blue range with turned down 460-485nm range

Yeah, these things grow in very shallow water in the wild, so "Daylight" spectrum would be where I would start, and maybe add some blue for my own viewing pleasure. The presences of the daylight spectrum should make an anemone smile?

 

[MikeyA]

IMO, it's more a need for them. My nems, gig, haddoni, and 2 mags (especially the mags) react to full spectrum better than the really blue setup, but they do need you to hit the chloro A and b spectrum though.

With that said, I'm redoing my lighting to 8 x reefi uno's 2.1 (currently run 3x orphek icons in helius mode) cause they'll do a perfect radium 400w 20k in hyper mode color. And myself and my nems from before loved that color. It's a very sharp (if you haven't seen that setup it's a razor sharp) blue/whitish color.

 

[McPuff]

IMO, it's more a need for them. My nems, gig, haddoni, and 2 mags (especially the mags) react to full spectrum better than the really blue setup, but they do need you to hit the chloro A and b spectrum though.

With that said, I'm redoing my lighting to 8 x reefi uno's 2.1 (currently run 3x orphek icons in helius mode) cause they'll do a perfect radium 400w 20k in hyper mode color. And myself and my nems from before loved that color. It's a very sharp (if you haven't seen that setup it's a razor sharp) blue/whitish color.

Are you going to sell the iCons?

 

[MikeyA]

I've sold 2 of them and have 1 remaining that I'm taking offline tomorrow. If your interested, It's less than a yr old. I'll sell for $400 shipped. I have all the original boxes and everything. Shipping on this thing will cost me $100

 

[MikeyA]

Here was my setup before I decided to go sideways in a new direction

 

[MikeyA]

I need to change out 2 light bars as well and get them on my orphek Osix. I've had 2 channels open for a while so I decided to buy 2 more bars to fill those channels

 

[D-Nak]

Both haddoni and gigs can tolerate a lot of light, and aren't too picky about spectrum. Since haddoni prefer lower light, one can also assume that they may prefer bluer light as well. But again, they're not picky and can be perfectly fine under different lighting conditions.

For example, my two gigs--a purple and green--are at the bottom of my 120 gallon 20" high DT that's lit by two Radion G5 Pros running AB+ for 12 hours maxing out at 65% intensity. My other three gigs--tan, green, and blue--are in a 60 gallon flat with 4 Kessil A360X for 9 hours that max out at 100% blue and 100% white. I don't know the exact spectrum but since it's a shallower tank, I run the tank a lot whiter for most of the day.

My recommendation would just be to max out the lights that you're using. If you notice that they're diminshing in size, or are otherwise not looking healthy, you can drop down the intensity (but I highly doubt you'll need to). In the wild, gigs are often exposed to air at low tides, meaning they get pounded by a ton of light, with PAR possibly exceeding 2,000 μmol.

 

[djf91]

I’d say go with a 250 watt 20k radium. Your carpets will love it.

 

[Hot2na]

I’d say go with a 250 watt 20k radium. Your carpets will love it.

Your carpets will love it , and your electric meter will be singing that song by dead or alive -"You spin me right round baby right round..."