Enough light????

[chuck116]

I want to set up a standard 30 gallon tank with some zoos and a toad stool leather. I am trying to avoid buying another light fixture. I have 2 36 inch t5 coralife fixtures, each has2 bulbs 1 is a 10 k and 1 true actinic they are 21 watts each for a total of 42 each, x 2 is 84 watts. please give opinions. thank you. Chuck

 

[dfurbee]

That sounds like enough light to me.

 

[HowardW]

That's really borderline......I would get at least 1 more of those lights or keep stuff up high in the tank.

 

[chuck116]

Thanks for the answers will keep them high at first but watch them closely

 

[panmanmatt]

Are you sure about the wattage? My 36" T5s are 39 watts each.

Do you have a link to the fixture you have?

 

[HowardW]

Are you sure about the wattage? My 36" T5s are 39 watts each.

Do you have a link to the fixture you have?

He's referring to the Coralife T5 fixtures which are just normal output T5 fixtures, not T5HO.