Spotlight for rummynose biotope

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jandb

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Hello. I really like the Amazon biotope article in the latest Amazonas magazine. They used a ton ad knarled branches and leaf litter and it looked like there was just a spotlight used. I plan on doing this in a ~25 gallon cube for cardinal tetras. Does anyone have an inexpensive source for a light like this? The only ones I've seen are for ponds and are a ton of different colors. I also need it to be waterproof/resistant. The tank is one section of a DAS system so it gets very humid where the light will go.
 
Any spotlight will work, usually hung or mounted above a tank. Online may be cheap

If wanting plants something in the 6500k~ range is needed
 
Go to your local home improvement store and pick you up a spotlight fixture you can go cheap or nice, either way. Get an led spotlight with Kelvin rating somewhere between 5500k and 8000k The lower the K the more yellow green the light will look the higher the K the more Blue it will look. Like Hendre said 6500 is kind of in the middle range for plants it is normally referred to as a daylight bulb.
To me there is no reason to spend tonnes on lighting unless you want all the special features of the computerized lighting systems offer.
 
Thanks for the replies. That's exactly what I was thinking initially but when I went to pick one up they said not for wet use. It's kind of tough to explain but this setup is basically (3) separated, glass 75 gallons stacked 3 high. There's no frame or anything. They just stack glass on glass. The front has 2 sliding doors for access and on the back I've made a plastic partition to cut back on humidity in the room. They came out of a fish store. Inside the tank area where the light would be is like a rainforest. The walls and ceiling (bottom of the tank above it) are just dripping water. I'm not sure it would be save to have one of those fixtures in there? What do you think?
 
jandb said:
Thanks for the replies. That's exactly what I was thinking initially but when I went to pick one up they said not for wet use. It's kind of tough to explain but this setup is basically (3) separated, glass 75 gallons stacked 3 high. There's no frame or anything. They just stack glass on glass. The front has 2 sliding doors for access and on the back I've made a plastic partition to cut back on humidity in the room. They came out of a fish store. Inside the tank area where the light would be is like a rainforest. The walls and ceiling (bottom of the tank above it) are just dripping water. I'm not sure it would be save to have one of those fixtures in there? What do you think?
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You get high humidity fixtures
 
jandb said:
Nice call. Do you have any links? I googled it and just saw a bunch or large industrial or outdoor stuff. Is there anything fairly purpose built?
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I'm not in the US, but online lighting shops should have it
 
I ended up finding the perfect one on amazon. It's only 5 watts, is made for outdoor use and it's about 3000k. I wanted more of a warm look. I'm not doing any plants. If anyone is interested they also had it in 6500k. They were only $11.99. They're from Lemonbest landscape.
 
Glad you found something. If you put your mind to it a lot things can be repurposed for aquarium use and it will save a lot of money.
I find myself all the time just wandering around lowes or home depot saying to myself how could I use that for an aquarium. lol
Just be safe about it when you do. Like you realizing that you basically needed something that can stand up to a rain storm.
 
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BIG-G said:
Glad you found something. If you put your mind to it a lot things can be repurposed for aquarium use and it will save a lot of money.
I find myself all the time just wandering around lowes or home depot saying to myself how could I use that for an aquarium. lol
Just be safe about it when you do. Like you realizing that you basically needed something that can stand up to a rain storm.
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