Lighting a 29

[GrampaDon]

New setup. It seems zoas are not a vibrant in my 165G that has stick and zoas. And is using 3X150 MH and 4 T5s. [Sticks look great :biggrin1:]

So is a 2X24 T5 enough.? And is 4X24 too much.?
And might add a blue LED also.

 

[joshporksandwich]

My son has a 29 with 4 t5s and everything is stretched. Acans and zoas. If you can add a strip of leds it would help

 

[GrampaDon]

So by stretched you are saying they are happy.

What bulb combo is on his tank.?

 

[WindeyD]

By stretched that means not enough light; I have a 40B with a 4 bulb ATI T5 and have had great success with a mixed reef.

 

[joshporksandwich]

So by stretched you are saying they are happy.

What bulb combo is on his tank.?

2 10k and 2 actinics. Nothing fancy.

 

[uppermost]

I have a maxspect razor over my 29 gallon and corals are growing like crazy

 

[GrampaDon]

Thanks for the feedback.
I ordered a 4 lamp T5. And with good bulbs like ATI it should be sufficient.