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[Delphinus]

I would never dream of trying to keep SPS or clams under old bulbs. And if you read my post carefully, I said that particularly with higher Kelvin bulbs, an increased replacement schedule is called for. When I was playing with 14000Ks/12000Ks I found they were useless after 6 months.

I don't know why my carpet doesn't seem to care about an older bulb. But, it doesn't. I base my assessment on a number of factors, not the least of which are colour and growth. I'm sorry I don't mean to sound arrogant, but, in the many years I have been at this, I have learned how to tell how an anemone is doing. (There are many things about a great many things I have still to learn about the hobby as a whole, but anemones, I know what I am seeing when I see it.) As we all should know by now, there are factors in addition to light that are equally as important as lighting (if not pontentially -more so- in some cases) such as water movement, feeding schedule, what to feed, and appropriate substrata for the species and age of anemone.

Unfortunately, I cannot post pictures of my "baby" at this time because 1) I am about 2000 miles away from my tanks and not due back until at least Tuesday :( and 2) I don't have a digital camera anyways so I would have to impose on someone to come over and take pictures for me. :(

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Very nice pictures, Chris. A little too large, though. For future, can you please try to reduce them to 640x480 if at all possible? They'll fit much nicer into the text based threads then.

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I should also mention, I would never dream of trying to keep my ritteri under bulbs that were too old, it is far too light-demanding. It all depends on your goals, and your results. Remember, I said, is your bulb working for you? That's the only valid criteria. If it stops working for you after three months, or six months, or six years, is going to depend on a number of different variables, and I generally don't question anyone's own assessment over their setups. If you feel you need to replace your bulbs twice a year, well then, you probably need to replace your bulbs twice a year. I don't question that, and furthermore I don't dare criticize anyone's setup and certainly would never do so if I've never SEEN the whole setup. That would just be rude. If your tank makes you happy then I am sure it is a nice setup. Don't ever tell me that my setup is no good when you haven't seen it. Whether it is, or isn't ... isn't for someone else to decide, unless I ask for their assessment beforehand.

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Now, how about everyone stop taking their grumpy pills from now on, and chill out. I can't beleive how hostile this board is getting. It's not fun. Smarten up, people. It's a HOBBY, people, it's supposed to be FUN.

[ 04 October 2002, 21:32: Message edited by: delphinus ]