LIGHTS?

[ilikefish]

Hello just wondering what you guys think lighting would be suitable for a 29 gallon tank housing assorted polyps and mushrooms. I have a 65 watt PC half blue half white. is this enough?

 

[XxTitleisTxX]

That should be enough for many soft corals, but if you want sps/lps, you should consider metal halides

 

[mrpope]

Polyps and shrooms will be fine, you should actually be able to put them anywhere in the system as opposed to MH where they would have to be under a ledge or on the bottom of the tank.l

 

[loganj]

I agree...the lighting you have should be sufficient for shrooms, polyps, and many of the soft corals. A colt coral would probably do OK in there. You could always upgrade to a 2x65w if you felt you needed more light.

 

[ilikefish]

how can i upgrade?

 

[saberry]

retro kit maybe

 

[captivereefs]

to upgrade you need to buy a new hood that is 2-65 watts. Coralife and Current USA both make them. A single 65 watt bulb will work for some soft corals but replace it every 6 months or the corals may suffer as the bulb loses intensity.