29 Gallon Light Recommendation

[fabsroman]

I just set up a tank with snails and red cherry shrimp and will be looking at putting some plants in it. Some will be high light plants and others will be low light plants. The tank currently has a plastic hood, but I will be ordering a glass canopy with whatever light I decide on.

I was initially going to go with a Coralife Aqualight 30" Double Strip CF with 2 x 65 watts, but I don't know if this will fit on the tank since it is 7" wide and the tank is just over 12" wide. I would love to have 4 watts of light on this tank, but I just don't know if the light will fit. Anybody have any experience with this light on a 29 gallon tank?

Another option would be the same light in a single strip at 65 watts. Would 65 watts over a 29 gallon work for corkscrew val and/or other types of val?

 

[jpappy789]

65w over 29 gallons will allow you to grow a lot of plants, including vals.

 

[NorCalFish]

65w over 29 gallons will allow you to grow a lot of plants, including vals.

Thats what i have. I have a coralife 24" PC 65w. i went with the 24" cuz it's the same bulb as the 30" and it sits on my glass canopy. BTW if you have it sit on the glass canopy, you might want the twin tube version where the back piece is larger than the front.

 

[fabsroman]

Thats what i have. I have a coralife 24" PC 65w. i went with the 24" cuz it's the same bulb as the 30" and it sits on my glass canopy. BTW if you have it sit on the glass canopy, you might want the twin tube version where the back piece is larger than the front.

What is the twin tube version? Is that the 7" wide version with two 65 watt bulbs in it? I am having a hard time understanding "where the back piece is larger than the front."

I am running the quadruple bulb versions (i.e., double linear) on my 75 and 55, and both of those have worked out well. They are 55 watts x 4 for 220 watts total.

 

[NorCalFish]

i meant you want the glass canopy that has a wider back piece.

like this: https://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3578+3730+3731+13818&pcatid=13818

 

[fabsroman]

i meant you want the glass canopy that has a wider back piece.

like this: https://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3578+3730+3731+13818&pcatid=13818

I was thinking about getting this one? Will this work?

http://www.thatpetplace.com/pet/prod/211977/product.web

It is made by Perfecto in lieu of All-Glass

 

[NorCalFish]

the thing is that the one you linked, both pieces of glass are the same size and the light fixture might not fit on top

another idea is to get mounting legs for the aqualight