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onecrzyboi4u · 02/24/2007, 11:07 PM

would 2-65 watts lights on a 29 gal work for hammer and torch coral?

aquarius77 · 02/24/2007, 11:20 PM

Im sure you could keep them up high, but dont quote me.

zisbell · 02/24/2007, 11:20 PM

If your talking about 2 - 65 watt pcs, then yes they should be fine, I would go with 50/50 bulbs or dual actinic. Just my 2 cents worth. I ran for a while with 2 96 watt pcs on my 65 gallon with a halide kicking on every once in a while to make sure I got penetration. BTW I have a friend who has a 96 watt quad 50/50 on a 15 gallon tall and he has a hammer and several lps/sps species.

onecrzyboi4u · 02/24/2007, 11:23 PM

I have a satallie lunar one bulb is 50/50 10000k

zisbell · 02/24/2007, 11:33 PM

You should be fine for a while, just don't let those coral touch anything else, the outcome would be tragic.

savethereef · 02/25/2007, 02:07 AM

yeah it should be ok

aquarius77 · 02/25/2007, 02:26 AM

For what its worth i kept frogspawn and some sps alive in a ten gallon with the 96watt coralife fixture zisbell is talkin about. A 29 gallon tank is alot deeper, I dont care for powercompacts period but you should be able to keep them mid way up or so. Watch for overextension of the coral, long thin tenticals reaching up tward the light, if you see that start to happen they might need to be up higher or need a more intense light source.

02/24/2007, 11:07 PM	#1
onecrzyboi4u Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Lexington VA Posts: 1,893	lighting would 2-65 watts lights on a 29 gal work for hammer and torch coral?

02/24/2007, 11:20 PM	#3
zisbell Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Arkansas Posts: 56	If your talking about 2 - 65 watt pcs, then yes they should be fine, I would go with 50/50 bulbs or dual actinic. Just my 2 cents worth. I ran for a while with 2 96 watt pcs on my 65 gallon with a halide kicking on every once in a while to make sure I got penetration. BTW I have a friend who has a 96 watt quad 50/50 on a 15 gallon tall and he has a hammer and several lps/sps species. __________________ ~Zack, 48" 65 gallon mixed reef, led, 20 gallon sump~ ~125 gallon reef- drained because of seam leak~ Current Tank Info: 48" 65 gallon

02/24/2007, 11:33 PM	#5
zisbell Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Arkansas Posts: 56	You should be fine for a while, just don't let those coral touch anything else, the outcome would be tragic. __________________ ~Zack, 48" 65 gallon mixed reef, led, 20 gallon sump~ ~125 gallon reef- drained because of seam leak~ Current Tank Info: 48" 65 gallon

02/25/2007, 02:07 AM	#6
savethereef SCRK Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Bellflower 90706 CA (So Cal) Posts: 7,720	yeah it should be ok __________________ Instead of building a reef in my home i would rather build my home in the reef. Rob aka STR SCRK & SCMAS MEMBER Current Tank Info: Leemar 450g 96L x36W x 30T 3/4 inch Starfire With 70g Sump Vertex 250 Royal Exclusive protein Skimmer Laguna 2900 Return pump 5 Aquaillumination Hydra's LED Modules. 4 Tunze Stream Bubble Magus Doser. Reef Keeper Elite

02/24/2007, 11:20 PM	#2
aquarius77 Moved On Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Highland, Il Posts: 2,198	Im sure you could keep them up high, but dont quote me.

02/24/2007, 11:23 PM	#4
onecrzyboi4u Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Lexington VA Posts: 1,893	I have a satallie lunar one bulb is 50/50 10000k

02/25/2007, 02:26 AM	#7
aquarius77 Moved On Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Highland, Il Posts: 2,198	For what its worth i kept frogspawn and some sps alive in a ten gallon with the 96watt coralife fixture zisbell is talkin about. A 29 gallon tank is alot deeper, I dont care for powercompacts period but you should be able to keep them mid way up or so. Watch for overextension of the coral, long thin tenticals reaching up tward the light, if you see that start to happen they might need to be up higher or need a more intense light source.