Freshwater Lighting Requirements
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This is a 240 tall with a massive 40watts of light
I would suggest a little experimenting with what you have on hand
And then buying something modular (start small)
Spectrum of light makes a big difference (8000k in pic) stay away from yellowish
Without plants 1 watt per gallon will grow algae and waste money
I would suggest a little experimenting with what you have on hand
And then buying something modular (start small)
Spectrum of light makes a big difference (8000k in pic) stay away from yellowish
Without plants 1 watt per gallon will grow algae and waste money
Thanks for the picture lemcc! Can you give me details on your 40 watts of light in addition to the spectrum.
I have nothing on hand right now, I'm starting this tank from scratch. I sold everything I had before with my 55 gallon last year.
I have nothing on hand right now, I'm starting this tank from scratch. I sold everything I had before with my 55 gallon last year.
Every light that I have in this room is T8 daylights
The 265 and 300 that I mentioned previously can be seen here.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=59548
The 265 and 300 that I mentioned previously can be seen here.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=59548
it would be very easy and much cheaper than cp fixtures to just go down to HD and get some 2x40w shoplights, they'll cost about 12bucks each, get 4 and the daylight floresents come in packs of 4 for like 12bucks. then you get 4 incandesent light sockets and 13w daylight cf bulbs or some 10w 50/50 cf bulbs that you can get online. simply screw the shoplights into into the fixture and put the 4 cf sockets and bulbs inbetween the shoplights on a seperate timer for a dusk/dawn affect
Rallysman, nice fishroom! I thought of getting Fronts for my 180 but thought they would do better in a 300g.
Bud, Your tank is a 300 so I am assuming the standard 8' length. 2 sets of 48" HO T5's with 10k lamps would be perfect for color and depth. The HO lamp will penetrate the water easily and running only 2 lamps each will save on electric and not over illuminate the tank. You could easily pick up 2 complete fixtures and attach them to the hood or let them sit on top of the tank. The fixtures will include the moon lights already also.
Because you are not going with corals or plants you won't need individual reflectors or anything. Check item 1122 in the bottom link...
http://www.current-usa.com/novaextreme.html
Bud, Your tank is a 300 so I am assuming the standard 8' length. 2 sets of 48" HO T5's with 10k lamps would be perfect for color and depth. The HO lamp will penetrate the water easily and running only 2 lamps each will save on electric and not over illuminate the tank. You could easily pick up 2 complete fixtures and attach them to the hood or let them sit on top of the tank. The fixtures will include the moon lights already also.
Because you are not going with corals or plants you won't need individual reflectors or anything. Check item 1122 in the bottom link...
http://www.current-usa.com/novaextreme.html
I'm liking the shoplight with T-8 Idea, mostly for cost savings and the pictures posted look great. I looked at the Nova Extreme T-5's, they are SWEET but my wife may just kill me if she finds out I spent another $400 for lights. I already had to hide the $160 UV
Do you turn the cf's on with the tubes or tubes off and cf's on?
Do you turn the cf's on with the tubes or tubes off and cf's on?
you turn on the cf lights on before the main lights in the morning and turn them off after the main lights in the evening, the whole point is to simulate dusk/dawn that way your fish don't freak out when the lights suddenly snap on(or even better, you don't, i jump every time mine come on)
For lighting, we have two 4' shop lights mounted over the tank:
Light fixture in down position:
In a totally dark living room, the tank looks like this:
Light fixture in down position:
In a totally dark living room, the tank looks like this:
