Work lamp as lighting?

[JakeH]

Even better. Maybe i wouldn't even have to have an ugly heater in the tank

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I did not mean to imply that you won't need a heater. You will still need to heat the tank at night after the lights go out so you dont get daily temp swings.

 

[mdb_talon]

I did the exact same thing, only I used the cheapest 48" shoplight with T12 bulbs and have suspended the lights from the rafters in my unfinished basement.

I have gone through 6 F'ing piece of POOP lightfixtures with totally worthless ballists, and gotten a grande total of ONE that is what I would call functional. Pee poor ballists in these cheap pieces of poop cause the bulbs to "flicker".

I have managed to stress my fish out so F'ing bad with my cheapskate B.S. that I am tempted to punch myself in the face! It is flat out not freaking worth trying shop lights. You will have nobody but yourself to blame if you kill your fish from stress with the strobe effect that is likely to occur.

Don't be an IDIOT like I am. At least go with a couple/few cheap ($9) 24" grow lights from Walmart. They are mountable, have on/off switches and actually work.

Please be advised that this is not a bad batch of "shop lights" that I got. Two came from the Lowes in Westminster, MD. Two came from the Lowes in Glen Burnie, MD. and two (different brand) came from Home Depot in Westminster, MD.

Hehe I buy the $10 48" shop light fixtures from walmart and have about 9 running now. I had one fail when I dropped it while hanging. Other than that no problems.

 

[screaminleeman]

Hehe I buy the $10 48" shop light fixtures from walmart and have about 9 running now. I had one fail when I dropped it while hanging. Other than that no problems.

I have been to the Walmart in Westminster and Glen Burnie. Neither of the two carry fixtures for T12 b7ulbs. The carry T12 replacement bulbs, but not fixtures. Are you sure that you are running T12's or the newer T8 fixtures that they do carry in 48"?

My understanding is that the T8 ballists are both more dependable and operate at considerably lower temperatures then the older T12's did!