Led spread on a 29g
 

Does anyone know if a single radion or vega will cover the spread of a standard 29g tank (30" x 12")? Tank only contains LPS and softies, no SPS. If anyone has a tank set up like this already, photos would be appreciated!

1 Radions will do it but you would need 2 Vegas to achieve similar spread.

Either will do just fine

A single vega should do the trick. Especially since your keeping Lps! I've seen a few 30ish gallon tanks with ai sols, haven't seen any with Vegas yet.

I'm currently running a single Vega over my 65 gallon (36x18x24). It spreads sufficiently from end to end. The idea of needing two of these lights over a 29 gallon is laughable really.

Thanks for all the replies! I have a Cree 60W LED over the tank right now but it has very little spread even though it is 16" long with lights edge to edge. Light fall off just 2 inches on either side of the fixture is pretty drastic. I have 2 AI Sol blues on another tank that I will be able to try out when the tank is getting shut down but I want to stick with just a single fixture and I don't think a single Sol will cover the 30" spread to my liking. The Vega is supposed to have much better coverage than the Sol as does the Radion. I also had a welder at work do up a light stand that is 18" above the tank rim so that right now is my limiting height factor. So the plan is to sell the 2 Sol's and controller and buy just a single light fixture when the time comes.

Post pics of your spread. Any spotlight effect?

Unfortunately there is less spotlighting than I had wanted. In my new tank that will be set up in a couple of weeks, I had wanted to isolate a section of rock from the rest of the tank. I think my result will still be desirable, but the sides won't be as isolated as I had hoped.

In this picture, the light isn't completely ideal. I had to mount it a bit to the right so the dimmest point will be at the upper left, the crossbrace is causing a shadow down the middle, and the return locline is blocking the torch to the right. The light is mounted 9" from the top of the tank.
In a 29 gallon, I'm sure you could keep SPS anywhere if it was mounted at the same height.

http://i49.tinypic.com/2pze5bs.jpg

Hope that helps.

i have a 150w mh over my biocube 29 with no heat issues it sits about 6" off the water. light spill isn't bad either

alittle off topic but, what kinda tang is that