24 inch light on 36 inch tank

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bigtankbigfish

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I have a custom light fixture for my 29/30 tall tank. THe lighting is 6 - 22" 24W T5 bulbs (2 life, 2 power, 2 marine) THe setup rests right on top of the tank.
I hate the dimensions of my tank because its too skinny and tall, I Cant do much in the way of aquascape or coral propagation because I get dead spots from building the rock high.
I may be buying a 40 breeder with stand for 70 bucks. I want to use the breeder for my reef since Ill have much more space to work with.
I dont want to buy new lights so can I just rig up my 24in lights to sit on top of the 36in tank and concentrate my corals in the center? Or would that just look gay and ghetto?
 
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bigtankbigfish

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but how does it look with the light concentrated in the middle? And how does it affect your corals?
 
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bigtankbigfish

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now that i think about it, It might be good enough to spread corals everywhere because as my tank is right now, my corals are roughly 3 feet from the light because of the custom setup and the tall tank. A breeder tank is not nearly as tall so the light will vertically be much closer to the coral.
anyone got pics of how their set up looks.
 
scottallert

scottallert

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you cant really notice the difference,
i just keep soft corals on the out sides where they dont get as much light, i have zoas, kenye tree, mushrooms
here is what it looks like
 
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