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Old 02-24-2007, 07:04 PM
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I have a 92g corner tank, I have a concern with the lighting. I have a 3' corallife unit with a 1000k flour, and a 96watt actinic. My tank is full of live rock and sand. I have 2- yellow african anemone's, 1- orange tube anemone, 1- blood shrimp, 1- candycane shrimp, emerald crabs, lots of bumble bee snails, turbo snails, blue and red leg hermit crabs, 1-
flame firefish, purple firefish, yellow tang, purple tang, pygmy angel, emperor angel (juv), regal angel, blue/green chromis, scooter blennie, and a copperband butterfly. My concern is my tank shape is odd, from the back corner to the front is 34", the front is 4' wide, the depth is 25" deep. I want to start adding soft and hard corals, but I'm not sure if the lighting is adequate. Any info would be grately appreciated. I also have a protien skimmer and sump if that helps.
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Old 02-25-2007, 10:04 AM
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Your going to need stronger light, how long have you had the anemones, and welcome to RB Chuck!
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I've had the yellow's for about a year and the tube for a month. Any suggestions on the light? Thanks Chuck
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I'd upgrade to some metal halides or maybe even T-5's

Personally I'd go 2x250 with 10k or 14k halides and supplement with some actintic's either T-5 or PC
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