New Lighting , Coral Help

[jester123]

Hi guys

I have a 29 gall tank. i just added a new compact fluor , 96wats , it replaced a regular 20wt light and a slimpaq actnic 18w. With the new lighting do i need to adjust the tank ?

i have 20 pounds live rock , a small rock with spotted mushrooms , a toadstool leather , a finger leather and some mushroom frags. The toadstool is doing really good. the mushrooms ok, i moved them and the toadstool to bottom of tank and i have a few fans. The finger leather seems to be adjusting slow.

salt is 1.023
temp 78
ph- 8.3

i just started adding seachem reef pack.

should my corals be closer to the lights ?

what adjustments should i make with the new light.

any info will be appreciated

thank u

MY FISH - IN 29 my fish . I have 1 firefish , 1 neon goby , 1 yellow goby , 1 cardnal and 1 dragonete . 5 hermits small and 15 snails and 1 camel shrimp.

the 2 gobies are tiny

[Jocko]

Well you have an advantage in that the corals are already adjusted to the rest of your system. This is much better than when you get a new one and they have to adjust to the light AND the water at the same time. I'd say just leave the corals where they are. Keep those hands out of the tank (hard to do!) and they should be adjusted in no time. And I'm sure they'll appreciate the extra light.

[bertoni]

I suspect the corals will adjust to the new lighting on their own. I wouldn't worry much, but you could raise the lamp a bit or perhaps put some grating to add some shade.

[jester123]

hi

thanks guys ill try and keep my hands out of the tank, lol

thanks