Cant find info on my odyssea ballest

[inuyasha_lover_21]

Its a odyssea OB lighting ballest. I dont know if my anemone can grow off of it. My ballest has 1 25 watt daylight bulb and 1 25 watt actinic bulb.

I checked yahoo and cant find anything on it

[wozza]

what anemone do you have?

[inuyasha_lover_21]

Its a florida pink tip anemone. He is getting shipped next monday or tueday VIA fedex overnight.

[wozza]

hmmm...do you know the latin name for that?

[inuyasha_lover_21]

hmmm...do you know the latin name for that?

Yep! Its Condylactus gigantea

[wozza]

well as far as i can find they need strong lighting like most other photosynthetic anemones and im sorry to say 2 x 25w is not strong lighting, ide say 150w MH or same wattage in T5's would do the job.

what size tank do you have?
Condylactus gigantea get fairly big, about a foot in diameter.

cheers james

[inuyasha_lover_21]

Its 36" across,12" wide and about 2 1/2' high. Its a 30 gallon tank


I am trying to get some DIY plans for a new tank and a MH ballest

[wozza]

hmmm... not 30gal

Dimensions 91 x 30 x 76cm/36" x 12" x 30"
Surface area 0.27 sqm/2.91 sq ft/ inches sq in
Volume 212 l./47 gal. (56 US gal.)
Probable volume 191 l./42 gal. (50 US gal.)


is the tank actually 30" deep or is that a typo?
im assumeing it gonna have a sand bed so thats another 3" plus live rock to so thats another 6"-12" aprox.

so the anemone could be anyware between 21"-15" deep, if it is 30" i think you would need at least 250w 10k MH for that because of the depth the anemone could be at.

hope this helps, james

[inuyasha_lover_21]

Its a custom made 30 gal. Its actually 2 feet deep. I used a 5 gallon water cooler and filled it with 1 gallon at a time. 6 times up the stairs with the 5 gallon water cooler and it was filled

[wozza]

yeah thats more like 24" deep.

Dimensions 91 x 30 x 61cm/36" x 12" x 24
Surface area 0.27 sqm/2.91 sq ft/ inches sq in
Volume 170 l./37 gal. (44.91 US gal.)
Probable volume 153 l./33 gal. (40 US gal.)

i think 24" is at the trasition between 150w and 250w, personally i would go with 1x250w 10k MH

my tank is
Dimensions 91 x 46 x 46cm/36" x 18" x 18
Surface area 0.42 sqm/4.52 sq ft/ inches sq in
Volume 191 l./42 gal. (50.46 US gal.)
Probable volume 172 l./38 gal. (45 US gal.)

and i have 1x150w MH in the center, i keep a BTA (Entacmaea quadricolor) and it seems to be doing fine, it has dubbled in size in about 3 months ive had it.

hope this helps, james

[inuyasha_lover_21]

Thank you for your time and help. If I dont get anything by the time my anemone comes in. I am going to sell my wii and buy the one I saw on ebay for $200 with $20 shipping.

[wozza]

I am going to sell my wii and buy the one I saw on ebay for $200 with $20 shipping.

WOW, now that is commitment.
hope all works out well for you.

cheers, james

[inuyasha_lover_21]

My wii is on ebay now. I saw this ballast for $259 that I really really liked