Just wondering if there are any anemones or corals which do not need actinic lighting (other than aiptasia)?
Corals/anemones which DON'T need actinics?
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Germanman
My fish are my babies
Well, I have a FOWLR tank, and I was wondering if I can add any soft-bodied critters without purchasing expensive lighting. I'm using daylight fluorescent lights (tank was a heavily planted FW tank).
Germanman
My fish are my babies
A Tube Anemone would work for you as long as you have a deep sand bed. If you have any small or weak fish you might be cautious of adding an anemone. They've been known to eat them.
To add corals, what really matters, in your case, is the wattage more than the color. This is only my personal opinion, but I don't even think actinic is a must. It will probably resemble more of natural habitat for your corals, but I think they will be much more concerned with the amount of lighting.
What are your lighting and tank specs? Also you can keep sun corals with no lighting at all just you have to be able to feed them.
It's a 55G with 150W (total) 6500K daylight florescent bulbs. I can back it off in 25W increments if need be to keep algae down.
Germanman
My fish are my babies
yea sun corals and tube nems are a good idea. sometimes xenia can survive under that light if fed well.