Do I have enough light?

[DustinLSX]

I have a 29g with quite a few soft and one leather coral. I want to be able to put in hard if I decide to, but I want to make sure my lighting is enough.

I have a custom canopy with 3x65w PC's. 1 actinic, 1 10k, and 1 50/50. The bulbs are 3.5-4" above the water and the entire inside of the canopy has high polished 22ga aluminum reflectors.

So, is 195w of very well reflected PC lighting over a 29g enough to keep hard coral?

 

[125G Reefer]

Its enough light but not enough of the right light. It might be better to use 2 10k and one Actinic.

 

[DustinLSX]

So swapping the 50/50 out with a 10k will be enough? In that case, since I would have to buy another bulb anyway, I have an extra ballast and enough room in the canopy for an extra bulb. Would that be better or is there a point where you start to get to much light?

 

[125G Reefer]

You can, well kinda never have to much light. But in your case, using PC, just pile em in there, the more the merrier. The 50/50 lights are not really good. Growth lights are the 10k, so you want to make sure you have a good amount with something like those, you could prolly get away with using 3 12k's and one Actinic, that would look nice.