Not sure if this belongs here or in the Setup and Filtration, but here goes....
So I bought a 15' strip of LED lighting a while back. It did a good job for the 3-4 months it was on the tank.....until it burnt out completely on me yesterday. Now I am looking for affordable sources of light for the tank. I build the canopy for the tank (a standard 125) with the LEDs in mind, so the top of the canopy sits about 6-7" over the water level. One of the first ideas I had was to do fluorescent shop lights purchased from my local Lowes. I am revisiting this idea and am looking for some thoughts on if a regular shop light meant for a garage or work space would work in an enclosed canopy (would likely purchase one of the ones with a reflector on it to help with heat a bit).
The canopy is enclosed on 3 sides with 3" of the back panel being open to the air, but the wall is about 3-4" directly behind that, so not sure how much ventilation is actually happening there. There are no fans in the canopy. I am not very handy when it comes to electricity and wiring, so the lighting I get will just be the plug in variety and I have no intentions of adding fans or getting into anything very complicated because I worry about messing it up and wasting money.
Any info you guys can give me will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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So I bought a 15' strip of LED lighting a while back. It did a good job for the 3-4 months it was on the tank.....until it burnt out completely on me yesterday. Now I am looking for affordable sources of light for the tank. I build the canopy for the tank (a standard 125) with the LEDs in mind, so the top of the canopy sits about 6-7" over the water level. One of the first ideas I had was to do fluorescent shop lights purchased from my local Lowes. I am revisiting this idea and am looking for some thoughts on if a regular shop light meant for a garage or work space would work in an enclosed canopy (would likely purchase one of the ones with a reflector on it to help with heat a bit).
The canopy is enclosed on 3 sides with 3" of the back panel being open to the air, but the wall is about 3-4" directly behind that, so not sure how much ventilation is actually happening there. There are no fans in the canopy. I am not very handy when it comes to electricity and wiring, so the lighting I get will just be the plug in variety and I have no intentions of adding fans or getting into anything very complicated because I worry about messing it up and wasting money.
Any info you guys can give me will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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