well if the cave u plan on makin is a bigger cave a true low intensity light shouldnt be to bothersome.. u can always test it be having it in the tank and testing it at night. that or have it on a timer and let them adjust to it being in the tank. have u looked into s oll me.of the pool/pond lighting for ideas? I know ots a completly diff scale size but even if its the wrong size it may offer u some ideas..and I know on fosters&smith they have small led lighting sets for aauariums, im just not sure of what ur after.
Do fish see red?
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I know they can see red, I have a lazer light that I play with my fish with , and also some of my favorite lures are actually have quite a bit of red in them and have caught tons of fish using them
I have been thinking about getting some of those under water pond lights for my tanks to try out , I think they would look awesome
I have been thinking about getting some of those under water pond lights for my tanks to try out , I think they would look awesome
yea I too jave wondered about them and concidered using them in my tank.. lime I was sayi.g the one on fosters&smith seem easy and are alot cheaper then some of the larger pond applications and they have diff color options..
I read on another thread this guy used "The Great Stuff" Foam in a can to spray over pvc to get it to look like natural live rock.
Here's my idea.... Use the airline and silicone for housing of the leds. Get the clear plastic that .. bare with me as I'm going old school .. they use for overhead projectors. This will keep the LEDs hidden to where the person observing doesn't get a direct beam of red led to the eye, ruining the effect.. & It will keep the fish from pecking at any leds or housing plus it will help to form the cave. Run the wire, install the LEDs at the end, silicone it to the plastic sheet. Then create the rock over it using.... the following which was copied and pasted from energyreef.com:
"I took these pipes and covered them with great stuff Styrofoam in a can. This hid the straight lineal shape of the pipe and created a funky base to work off from. Then I took Epoxy resin (with no mold inhibitors!) and some aragonite sand. I mixed the epoxy resin up with a brush and coated the great stuff/pvc pipe. Before it was dried I added the sand onto the tacky epoxy coat. This dried and when it cured it looked just like live rock! It also acted like live rock and colonized corals and coralline algae. Nobody could tell it was a PVC pipe."
here's a picture of what I mean..
Here's my idea.... Use the airline and silicone for housing of the leds. Get the clear plastic that .. bare with me as I'm going old school .. they use for overhead projectors. This will keep the LEDs hidden to where the person observing doesn't get a direct beam of red led to the eye, ruining the effect.. & It will keep the fish from pecking at any leds or housing plus it will help to form the cave. Run the wire, install the LEDs at the end, silicone it to the plastic sheet. Then create the rock over it using.... the following which was copied and pasted from energyreef.com:
"I took these pipes and covered them with great stuff Styrofoam in a can. This hid the straight lineal shape of the pipe and created a funky base to work off from. Then I took Epoxy resin (with no mold inhibitors!) and some aragonite sand. I mixed the epoxy resin up with a brush and coated the great stuff/pvc pipe. Before it was dried I added the sand onto the tacky epoxy coat. This dried and when it cured it looked just like live rock! It also acted like live rock and colonized corals and coralline algae. Nobody could tell it was a PVC pipe."
here's a picture of what I mean..
Thanks fish fox, very similar to what I was thinking although I am thinking I want to stay way from PVC, since I will be able to see into the cave from multiple angles I wan't the inside to look as natural as possible as well. I Want to draw up some plans here in the next couple of days. The 37 is currently being used as a grow out tank for my juvi jag cichlid so I have a few months to complete this project.
I wasn't suggesting you use PVC, just suggesting you follow the foam part of his process. You could make sure the Foam or artificial rock hangs a lil below the interior to keep from seeing the roof inside.
my giant gourami saw red last night
and
wiped out one of his tank mates who would not leave him alone
and
wiped out one of his tank mates who would not leave him alone
