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    Lights hits the water

    Well over the Christmas holidays my roomates ex came over to celebrate Christmas with us because she misses the kids.
    Well in the excitement she bumped my temp 40g breeder tank which has a Perfecto Light on top of it in a balancing act... (the kids, roomie and I have yet to bump into it.. she did...

    Well into the tank went the light.. it stayed lit for a bit then went out... she attempted to pick up the light but got shocked..
    Roomie quickly unplugged the light and I was able to take it out.

    What most likely has happened to the fixture ?  Should I trash it ?   (thank GOD it was a the only light I hated to own.. it fits a 29 and nothing else.. the light is perm attached to the front lid and I dont like these lights.. I prefer glass tops with lights sitting on top of them so this stuff cannot happen.

    None of the fish are hurt from it.  and we are talking everything from fully grown Yellow Labs to guppies and their babies are in this tank..  
    (this is my hospital tank converted to hold a ton of fish because I am cleaning and setting up tanks right now.)

    Tomorrow it will be nearly empty as my 58 is ready to accept fish :)

    What fish do Jesper have
    180 WC T. Moorii Chilambo +1 Petro trewavasae.
    110     Cyps, WC Xeno Spilopterus Kipili WC/F1/F2 T. sp red Kiku
    58 S. Decorus
    "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." -Margaret Thatcher
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    Re: Lights hits the water

    I have had that happen all the time when I was younger....I still have one light fixture that would always fall into the tank when I was a young'in and it's still working! light bulb and all!
    700g Mini-Monster tank

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    • #3
      Re: Lights hits the water

      Wow. Glad your fish are okay!!

      I'd use this as an excuse to trash it.  
      "Millennium hand and shrimp!"

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      • #4
        Re: Lights hits the water

        Maybe this item could be given to a friend who may have a location more acceptable for it???????

        CF
        Truth is the cement that holds the bricks and stones of a sane and civilized society together. Remove the former and the latter will crumble.

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        • #5
          Re: Lights hits the water

          Mine dropped in the water sometimes, but it still work.
          100 gal- java fern windelov,anubia petite,xmas moss, crypt,val, sword, riccia fluitans, Sagittaria subulata
          30 gal:e.tenellus,hygrophila wavy,acicularis vivapara,Limnophila aquatica,Hygrophila corymbosa,Hydrocotyle(praecox rainbow,Celestial PD

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          • #6
            Re: Lights hits the water

            CF would this be you ?  or you know someone who needs a 30" wide Perfect-a-Lite Fluorescent Hoods by Perfecto with a 24" T8 light bulb in it ?

            What fish do Jesper have
            180 WC T. Moorii Chilambo +1 Petro trewavasae.
            110             Cyps, WC Xeno Spilopterus Kipili WC/F1/F2 T. sp red Kiku
            58 S. Decorus
            "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." -Margaret Thatcher

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            • #7
              Re: Lights hits the water

              Does the ballast turn it right on or does it flicker like the old style fixtures? I'm looking for one.....have a 24" I could trade ya if that makes it worthwhile.
              700g Mini-Monster tank

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              • #8
                Re: Lights hits the water

                EK - sure...  I dont know if it works yet... I have not plugged it back in...  Its sitting in the garage..  I will test it tonight when I get a chance...

                What fish do Jesper have
                180 WC T. Moorii Chilambo +1 Petro trewavasae.
                110                 Cyps, WC Xeno Spilopterus Kipili WC/F1/F2 T. sp red Kiku
                58 S. Decorus
                "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." -Margaret Thatcher

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                • #9
                  Re: Lights hits the water

                  Sweet!
                  700g Mini-Monster tank

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                  • #10
                    Re: Lights hits the water

                    I've dropped both my coralifes in to the water. I guess that's why the directions say to use glass tops! I switched my pedestal legs to the flip up kind on my CRS shrimp tank, the ones that stay locked in place, just so I don't get an unexpected mini-shrimp boil.

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