lighting 30Gal tank

[daddy]

Hi,
I had a FOWL tank and am changing to mushrooms and soft corals
I have 30Lbs live rock in a 30X12X17 tank
Right now I have a Coralife double liner strip AQualight with two 65W daylight bulbs and a T% with 2 18W Actnic lights would that be sufficient?
Jim

 

[magdelan]

You have 5.53 watts per gallon. That is fine for softies. I think that 3wpg is the minimum. Zoas, shrooms, and other softies are generally fine at low wattage (bottom of the tank). good luck!!!

 

[daddy]

Thank you I hope I have good luck and manage every thing I get manages to survive to survive.
Jim

 

[sabodish]

i ran a 30 gallon for 5 years with 3 NO flourescents and kept shrooms, zoanthids, and several lps....it was one of my favorite tanks.