LED Lighting for a 20 gallon long tank

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Do you think a Current U.S.A Orbit 48"-60" Marine light is over kill and maybe will bleach some of my "stuff" (basics: Zoas, Kenyan Tree, Mushroom looking softies, hammer coral, and rock anemone)? I took down my 120 gallon tank and have this light I love personally because of the timers and settings and ease of use without having to mount to my ceiling or walls (I know - im a newbie :sad:). Besides it hanging over the 20 gallon long and looking kinda funny do you think this is a bad idea? My thinking was - the bigger light, the more wattage. Current LED specs from website: [TABLE="class: wp-table-reloaded wp-table-reloaded-id-45"]
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[TD="class: column-2"]48" - 60"[/TD]
[TD="class: column-3"]46.8 x 3.5 x 0.44[/TD]
[TD="class: column-4"]46 Watts[/TD]
[TD="class: column-5"]96 Dual Daylight/96 Dual Actinic LEDs, 192 LEDs Total instead of [TABLE="class: wp-table-reloaded wp-table-reloaded-id-45"]
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[TD="class: column-2"] 24" - 36"[/TD]
[TD="class: column-3"]22.8 x 3.5 x 0.44[/TD]
[TD="class: column-4"]23 Watts[/TD]
[TD="class: column-5"]48 Dual Daylight/48 Dual Actinic LEDs, 96 LEDs Total [/TD]
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I think it would be fine as long as you can dim it. Just run it at 50% or less of whatever you had it at originally. I'd imagine the number of LEDs actually putting light into the tank is not much different than the smaller model?
 

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