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I have a question on inverts real quick..... (Should this go in reefkeeper's?)

I know that Anemones need bright light. Well.... if I got a bright light (Outside the tank shining in, at a slight angle) will the anemone be attracted to the light and be a ok? Just a thought.
I hope I made this clear enough.
-Shadoe :shake:
 
Yikes. Don't try and keep an anemone in a 10 gallon tank. That is sure death for it. You need a big tank that has been stable for 1 years at least to keep an anemone or else it will most likely die.

One of the main reasons they don't survive in small tanks, other than water quality is that anemones need really high light and as was stated sunlight won't cut it. And high lighting on small tanks tends to lead to really hot water. Trying to get lighting up to 6-10 watts per gallon produces a lot of heat.

Clown fish do not need an anemone to survive. They do perfectly fine with out one and since clownfish are almost always tank rasied, most have never even seen one. Try getting some soft coral instead, clown fish will host with them or with something else they find in the tank, maybe even a small terracotta flower pot will work.
 
No, No, No....

No... I wasn't talking about Sun light. :laugh: I'm talking a light w/ a light bulb. 20 watts. I need to shine it in from the side because, I have a hood on top of the tank.....:p Thanks guys. -Shadoe
 
20 watts won't be enough, and the standard hoods on most smaller tanks won't cut it either. For a 10 gallon tank you will need 60-100 watts of light. And that makes lots of heat, which makes lots of evaporation.
 
Originally posted by TKOS
[...]clown fish will host with them or with something else they find in the tank, maybe even a small terracotta flower pot will work.
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TKOS, you've already given me some good advice in I only *thought* I wasn't a newbie... I'm reading between the lines of this thread and it may be that my clowns are hosting with a small terracotta flower pot.

They spend 90+% of their time inside the pot, peeking out through the various holes. They are not very territorial about the tank space near the pot, but woe unto the fish that dares to even think about swimming into the pot with them. The two times they have (I think) spawned, it was on the inside surface of the pot.

I share this information for two purposes:

1st
If this is the behavior that clownfish exhibit when they host with an anenome/coral/whatever-their-little-brains-identify, then I have observed clownfish bond with a flower pot, as you suggest in your post.

2nd
Since I am soon to drastically remodel my tank, jettisoning a large number of flower pots in favor of live rock, I infer that the particular pot in which my clowns are hosting should not be removed from the tank.

Thanks for your help, both direct and indirect :cool:
 
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