My mom is considering accepting a used T5 Current Nova from a friend, but is wondering whether she can use it over her 29G which is 30" wide; she was planning to buy a used Current Outer Orbit CF that is 30", and is wondering what to do. We keep reading that T5 is better, but are unsure about the size issue. She has a glass cover on the tank.
She has LR, zoas, mushrooms and a CUC in her tank and while her percula died in July, she plans on restocking in the new year. Tank has been going for 3.5 years (but just a year in her house, someone freeccycled this set-up tank to her) on regular old fluorescents, so this is a great move--some of you met her at the swap this spring, she's been breeding cichlids and at 72 turned her eye to saltwater (but still has 7 brackish tanks).
Any thoughts? Thanks in advance for your help!
She has LR, zoas, mushrooms and a CUC in her tank and while her percula died in July, she plans on restocking in the new year. Tank has been going for 3.5 years (but just a year in her house, someone freeccycled this set-up tank to her) on regular old fluorescents, so this is a great move--some of you met her at the swap this spring, she's been breeding cichlids and at 72 turned her eye to saltwater (but still has 7 brackish tanks).
Any thoughts? Thanks in advance for your help!