Where are the good fish stores?
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by reefburnaby:
Feeding is important because lighting is only part of a complete diet (I sound like one of those breakfast commercials). Its like a human being drinking water -- you can survive off of it..but that is it.
- Victor.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Victor, I'm going to play devil's advocate here. Where did you pick this little tid bit up? Ever since Ron made the now infamous comments on reefcentral, everybody is running around saying that sunlight just keeps these things alive but not thriving. I followed a lengthy debate on fishnet after the comments were made and an overwhelming majority felt that anemones main need is light. Some felt, (and I'm paraphrasing), that food capture was a bonus.
I fully realize that this goes against what Ron says but there were a number of intelligent people debating this topic. Many equally valid points were made with references and personal experiences. One that really stood out was a comment by Charles Delbeek and his experience with captive bred Stichodactyla haddoni. Charles kept his in a floating basket in full Hawaiian sunlight with little to no feeding. They are growing rapidly. This may have been a personal communication so it may not be logged at fishnet.
Having said that, I think Ron is awesome and if you read the thread at reefcentral in its entirety, you'll see that at the end he mentions that his anemones are kept under MH lighting. He of course feeds them a huge amount and also has nutrient problems because of the feedings.
My personal experience is that with good lighting and minimal feedings my S. haddoni grew at a decent rate. It was about 10" when fully expanded. I can't comment on longevity because it stretched up and found my pump intake after about a year in my tank.
I know Victor wasn't saying not to light the anemones but I want qualification on the whole, "...you can survive off of it..but that is it", comment.
Any thoughts? (Christy, you out there?)
[ 04 December 2001: Message edited by: Troy F ]
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