lighting

[RussGB]

Re: lighting

I have  moonlights on 2 of my freshwater tanks. Its a nice way to view night time activity and it is very pleasing to the eye.

I have a 10g planted. I use a Tom Aquatics flourescent bulb (28 w i think?) with a 6500k bulb in. It works great...

[rickykline]

Re: lighting

what lights are you using for night time lights?

[tnguyen]

Re: lighting

If you are a handle person, build a hood with 36W compact flourscent.  That's what I use on my 10 gal tank.

[Mzungu]

Re: lighting

what lights are you using for night time lights?

I'm just using the ones that came with the fixtures themselves - like the moonlights on the Current Satellite fixtures. If the fixture doesn't have moonlights, well, then that tank doesn't either.

[rickykline]

Re: lighting

If you are a handle person, build a hood with 36W compact flourscent.  That's what I use on my 10 gal tank.

i bought the 28w corallife pc light assembly. i was just wondering if anyone had night time lights on the tank..im at work though my daytime light settings so i dont get to enjoy the tank after work lol..

[Mzungu]

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Why not put the lights on a timer? That way you can set them to come on after you leave for work, and they'll still be on when you get home.

[edmlfc]

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I have moonlight stips on my tanks. And I also have my tanks on timers. When my white lights go out my moonlights come on. I never have to worry about turning them on or off. And I love the moonlights. I brought them off ebay. Some were special order and some were pre-made. It gives off quite a bit of light. Here is a link: http://stores.ebay.com/Led-moonlights-4-less. I order 3 different times for this person. You can even pay a little extra and get dimmers for the moonlights or you can choose different colors.

[mahoro]

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home depot sells this 20 or so bucks 27watts robocop looking light...

this pic shows the top part, all my plants in the 10g is fine...

[thomas]

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woa, that's a good idea to have bamboo in your 10gal tank. I could never grow them, they just kept turning yellow and died.

[mahoro]

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the problem with those plants is, most people just think stick them into some water and leave it alone...  but really, its just like another plants, with good water, it will grow nice and big, notice the leaf on it?  nice and big, bet you don't see those in most asian resturants...  its also good for water prem. too...