Just hooked up new lighting

[littlebuck]

I just hooked up my new lighting, I have a 29 gallon tank and i put an ice cap Vho set up on it with 300 watts, how long should i leave it on since the old light was only 20 watts? I just dont want the tank to go crazy. If anyone could help me out i would appricate it. and should i work up to like 1 full 12 hours over a period of time or wont it matter?

 

[farmboy]

I wouldn't put all the bulbs in it yet. On an ICE CAP, I believe you can run any combination of bulbs(Like just one). You may want to check that to be sure. I have heard of "scorching" coral with a massive increase in lighting. 20 to 300 is a big jump all at once.

 

[littlebuck]

The only thing i have in there right now is a royal gramma and a green chromis and a shrimp and a star fish and a lil polyp. i dont know about the taking a bulb out but i might try do put one on for a couple days and work my way up any one else have any ideas?

 

[birdy]

Since you don't have corals yet there is not real "issue" other than a possible algae bloom.
But you can start out with 4hr photoperiod, and move it up every day by a half hour or something like that.

 

[littlebuck]

ok thank you very much. i appricate you help. i also have a question, i got some button polyps in the mail form some one and they smell really funny and are all closed up and are fallen off the rock do you think they are dead? i cant send a pic on here because my cam wont take small pcis anymore. ut i can e-mail it if some one knows whats wrong with them . thank you again