Pls help to id this anemone and coral

[SpidermanX]

Just bought this...Wonder what is the exact species name and how to keep it healthy.

[SpidermanX]

And this coral too....

[Golden Tooth]

All Anemones need strong lighting n good water quality. Not to be wondered after bought.

[CooL_anakin]

Eh.. Your tank looks a little dark for anemones. What light you using?

Anemones need strong lighting and feeding(pieces of shrimp, fish,etc).

[Golden Tooth]

And this coral too....

This is Juwel.

[SpidermanX]

For this 1.5ft (10 gallon)nano reef,

1 x actinic 15 W (energy saving tube)

1 x pink 15 W (energy saving tube)

Is this enough?

[Golden Tooth]

The lighting's not enough. How old is ur nano?

[woonming]

For this 1.5ft (10 gallon)nano reef,

1 x actinic 15 W (energy saving tube)

1 x pink 15 W (energy saving tube)

Is this enough?

Marine dont use pink lights

I think pink is for planted tank

Get T5s or PL ..

[hongqixian]

No, it is not enough light. The anemone has already bleached a lot. At best, it will just manage to survive and not grow much.

Your anemone is the bubble-tip, Entacmaea quadricolor ( if i remember right) and the coral is the Jewel/Flowerpot/Goniopora coral, Goniopora sp.

It tends to die suddenly after abt 6 mths in captivity. Do a search about it on Sgreefclub.

[reefer guy]

better get good knowledge about the livestock before buying....it maybe pretty and cheap but doesnt mean u can readily buy it then wonder and ponder afterwards.....

[SpidermanX]

No, it is not enough light. The anemone has already bleached a lot. At best, it will just manage to survive and not grow much.

Your anemone is the bubble-tip, Entacmaea quadricolor ( if i remember right) and the coral is the Jewel/Flowerpot/Goniopora coral, Goniopora sp.

It tends to die suddenly after abt 6 mths in captivity. Do a search about it on Sgreefclub.

What is meant by 'bleached'? Does it mean healthy or unhealthy? What should i do ?

[bum]

anemones have symbiotic organisms called zooxanthellae

that process light into food for the anemone.

thats the gist of it...

if there's not enough light and the anemone will expell the zoo...

causing it to lose colour(bleach) and eventually die.

same for your gonipora and most corals, they're photosynthetic.

your bubbletip anemone seems ok IMO,

but at most i'll say 2 weeks before it starts to deteriorate

i'd either upgrade your lights or give/sell them away

cos they will no last long under your specs..

i dun mean to burst your bubble dude..

but you might want to read up more....

[tanlc]

anemones have symbiotic organisms called zooxanthellae

that process light into food for the anemone.

thats the gist of it...

if there's not enough light and the anemone will expell the zoo...

causing it to lose colour(bleach) and eventually die.

same for your gonipora and most corals, they're photosynthetic.

your bubbletip anemone seems ok IMO,

but at most i'll say 2 weeks before it starts to deteriorate

i'd either upgrade your lights or give/sell them away

cos they will no last long under your specs..

i dun mean to burst your bubble dude..

but you might want to read up more....

what kind of light will then be suitable for a 2ft tank with anemone?

[bum]

truthfully? i don't know.

i kept my anemone under 2 x 55W PL in about 1.5ft

of water and it bleached.

i fed it peeled prawns every other week though,

still surviving...almost 1 year liao

its now under 250w radium for a few weeks ...

still yet to regain its colour

[hongqixian]

what kind of light will then be suitable for a 2ft tank with anemone?

It's hard to put strong lighting on a 2fter without boiling the water. That's the problem.

[SpidermanX]

Does that mean that if we give it food such as prawn regualrly, it won;t need to survive on photosynthesis? and it will live long.

[SharkBait]

It just means it will waste away slower...

[seamonkee]

Of all the species of corals & anemone, u have to get the two toughest to keep....

Good luck... u probably want to improve your lighting to up their survival rate. Not sure about the anemone though looking at its condition.