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Old March 5th, 2007, 02:25 PM
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Re: setting up 29 gallon frag tank need T5 light setup

How much are you wanting to spend on lighting??
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Re: setting up 29 gallon frag tank need T5 light setup

i'm goin with t5 setup 4 39 watt bulbs, t5 better on sps i've seen first hand in our rc club the difference in couple of tanks with t5's and halides. One guy in our club gives sps corals away for free cause they grow like a weed in his tank. I've seen others in mh lights grow well but not near as well as under t5's.
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Re: setting up 29 gallon frag tank need T5 light setup

ok thats cool wish you th best of luck
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Re: setting up 29 gallon frag tank need T5 light setup

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i'm goin with t5 setup 4 39 watt bulbs, t5 better on sps i've seen first hand in our rc club the difference in couple of tanks with t5's and halides. One guy in our club gives sps corals away for free cause they grow like a weed in his tank. I've seen others in mh lights grow well but not near as well as under t5's.
Really SPS grew better under T5's,gives me hope that I may be able to keep them under my lights later on when my tank matures.

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Re: setting up 29 gallon frag tank need T5 light setup

i'll post some pics of a friends tank with t5's
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Re: setting up 29 gallon frag tank need T5 light setup

this is his tank last january of 2006


the rest of these pics are of this year one year later






first is front shot, second is left side, third is right side, and best part is he will give me free frags of whatever is in his tank. 58 gallon rr tank with live rock and live sand from tbsaltwater.com
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Re: setting up 29 gallon frag tank need T5 light setup

Heh heh. Makes me want to run out and buy some SPS ASAP!
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Re: setting up 29 gallon frag tank need T5 light setup

Amazing!!!!

Can't wait for a few more months.

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Re: setting up 29 gallon frag tank need T5 light setup

That makes 2 of us reef.Especially after looking at those pics.

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Re: setting up 29 gallon frag tank need T5 light setup

ok here are pics so far i post one with all lights on one with 10k on and one with actnics.

side shot with both lights on.


front shot with 10k on only.


shot with actnic only


shot with both 10k and actnics



with the dark blue reflective background the back of tank is lit up real well
also put some of my small rubble rock from my tank which any rock on my sandbed in other tank is loaded with spaghetti worms, tossed in a few bristleworms, and small feather dusters from fuge.
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