Saltwater lighting?

Question

i am going to convert my 29 gallon aquarium in to a saltwater tank i hae everything but the light and i know u nee special lighting, what do u recomend for a 29 gallon thats going to be a reef tank

Answer 1

Definatly U.V lighting. Yeah, its expensive but you need it. Do some research on google to find out more.

Answer 2

sam, shut up..

what type of reef were you thinking of doing?

soft coral? LPS? SPS? clams? anenomes?

unfortunately 29 gallon tank kinda suck when trying to find a light for.. most companies make 24'' (20 gallon) and 36'' (30 gallon) fixture.. but the 24'' ones usually have some way of  extending to fit close sized tanks..

Hagen makes a T5 unit called GLO that comes in a dual bulb fixture.. fro the 24''er it's about 80 bucks.. not bad..

of course you could get a halide light, if you wanted SPS, clams, and anenomes.. but same problem.. and they are more pricey.. my 24'' unit cost about $450 but is great.. comes with 2 PC actinic bulb a 250 watt 10,000K halide, and 2 LED lunarlights

if you were going this way i would recomend a setup like that.. the brand i have is corallife but there are many out there