blue christmas lights=moon lights?

[bill109]

has anyone ever tried blue christmas lights that would be used on a tree for moonlights?
moonlights are kinda expensive and at times hard to mount.. so if you got enought x-mas lights all blue.. maybe a few white and throw them up in the canopy and line the walls of the inside do you think they are powerful enough to illuminate the tank like a moonlight would?

 

[aquaguy24]

current usa has some moonlights for 15 bucks and add on is 11 bucks..they are made to connect easily..1 set comes with 2 leds..but anyways i saw a guy on this website that had christmas lights in his canopy..he has the LED set....

 

[teresaq]

I have the ones mentioned above. Three cover my 150 gal tank.
The problem with xmas lights is they are always so long.
T

 

[jbird0420]

I made a couple of strings of LED moonlights for both my tanks for under $20 on the

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[jbird0420]

Originally Posted by Jbird0420
http:///forum/post/2720682
I made a couple of strings of LED moonlights for both my tanks for under $20 on the

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A.U.C.T.I.O.N. Sites

 

[maryg]

Originally Posted by bill109
http:///forum/post/2720403
has anyone ever tried blue christmas lights that would be used on a tree for moonlights?
moonlights are kinda expensive and at times hard to mount.. so if you got enought x-mas lights all blue.. maybe a few white and throw them up in the canopy and line the walls of the inside do you think they are powerful enough to illuminate the tank like a moonlight would?
Try Radio Shack! They have blue LED's for under 2 bucks and all the stuff to rig up a moonlight system

 

[mudplayerx]

I would be concerned about christmas tree lights. They emit a tremendous amount of heat for their size and might start a fire if they were splashed with water or got salt creep on them.
Call me paranoid.

 

[bill109]

maybe ill take a look at radioshack tomorrow.. i am awful with electronics but i will give it a shot. can someone pm a link find them or a picture at least?

 

[wangotango]

If they're the rope lights you could use them, I know a lot of people who do. We went with a DIY setup on my tank. You have to cover all of the wires with tubing and silicone or it will all corode. In hindesight it probably would have been easier to get two of those fully assembled ones.
-Justin

 

[stdreb27]

my old roommate did this, what he did was get a piece of plywood and drilled about 50 holes in it, and rammed the lights in the drilled holes, it looked really good, not function since it covered his whole 29 gallon bow front but it did illuminate the tank...

 

[bill109]

so i went to radio shack.. and found some leds.. .yeah i dont know how to use them.. they were a bulb with a long 2 wires.. so i didnt buy them.
im not sure what im going to end up doing..

 

[stdreb27]

Originally Posted by bill109
http:///forum/post/2728106
so i went to radio shack.. and found some leds.. .yeah i dont know how to use them.. they were a bulb with a long 2 wires.. so i didnt buy them.
im not sure what im going to end up doing..
We'll you'd have to mount them, wire them, and power them (the powering can be tricky)