[losingNemo78]

I have a green carpet anemone that was about 10" across when I first got it about 9 months ago. It gradually "shrunk" to where it is now at about 6" diameter. I suspect it was because I had inferior lighting, and wasn't feeding it properly. I finally got the "spare" cash to purchase a Coralife 10,000k two dual bulb light, and over time have settled into a feeding routine of krill one day, a silverside the next. There is a tomato clown that is hosted to it, but no matter what I do, I cannot get this anemone to grow, or even 100% inflate.

Any suggestions on helping my favorite tank resident to grow larger, or inflate more fully??? I'm completely outta ideas.

[WILLIAM1]

Post your parameters. How many watts is your light. I still dont think you have enough light yet. Go and pick up a couple T5's and add them to the tank. Or maybe check out some new T5 lighting. You need alot of lighting for a carpet.

[losingNemo78]

I've seen people post alot of specs for their tank. Is there some sort of guage you can get that will keep track of these things? Or are you guys just using the test strips. I have a good hydromometer already.

I have a Coralife Deluxe Series Double Linear Strip 30" Double Lamp fixture, two 65W 50/50 straight pin compact florescent lamps. This is on my 29 gallon reef tank. Since I made the original post, I have seen some growth from the anemone. I've lately been feeding him a silverside every day, and he seems to respond better to that. Once he's eaten, he'll inflate a good bit, and stay that way overnight till the next morning. Then midday, he seems to "lay down" flat until he's fed again. How often do you guys feed your anemones???