Thoughts on this light for a 29g.

[Beretta98]

My 29g in my office is currently stocked with LPS/SPS corals, and I'm running a 250w coralvue pendant with a 14K phoenix bulb. My thoughts are I'm running too much light. Most of my corals are doing ok, but it seems I'm pushing the upper limit of my lighting, as some corals have started to brown and I'm not getting much growth. I've wanted to do T5 lighting since I started this tank, but 30 inch fixtures have been difficult, if not impossible to come by that have adequate lighting for a LPS/SPS tank. Lo and behold, Catalina has a 30" fixture now, and for a reasonable price $225. http://www.catalinaaquarium.com/product_info.php?cPath=71_136&products_id=1414

Would this fixture give me enough light, and hopefully not be too much light? I don't know what wattage I should be running for a t5 setup on a 29g tank. Catalina also makes a 6x24w light if the 4x24 isn't enough light. I'd also like thoughts if I should change out the stock bulbs and what to replace them with. Advice will be greatly appreciated.

 

[james3370]

i personally am a fan of the sundial since it has dual timers built-in
* the catalina has a cord for each pair of lights, to be plugged into timers....the sundial has one cord & the timers built-in.
* the sundial also has the moonlights where it is an option on the catalina
* the sundial is also cheaper than that catalina...& pet mountian has a 5% off coupon + free shipping making it even cheaper
http://www.petmountain.com/product/aquariuim-light-fixtures/514479/30-inch-4x24-watt-1151-.html

either the 24" or 30" fixture will both use 24" t5 bulbs, so it doesn't matter as far as that goes. looks like the catalina & the sundial include bulbs, but stock fixtures are notorious for coming w/ crappy bulbs.....

check out www.reefgeek.com for all the best bulbs. when i was doing my 29g, here is what grim reefer (the t5 savant) recommended to me for a great combination:

*Front*
Giesemann Pure Actinic
ATI Aquablue
Giesemann 6K Midday
Giesemann Actinic Plus

you can check out my 29g build thread (^^lil red house)

 

[Toadally]

I really don't think that's too much light. I have a 25gal AGA tank w/ sps, lps and use a 175w Iwasaki which puts out a ton of par. Everything looks great and growth is excellent! If you don't acclimate your coral you can have problems.