krypton74
Member
hi everybody!
a few weeks ago i posted the question "can there be too much light?" and we got on a few others subjects as well, but i wanted to post with our decision as to what we went with in regards to our new lighting. we went with www.hellolights.com which i would recommend in a heartbeat, by the way. we went with a double ended HQI 150W 15,000K bulb. My DH just built the canopy for the light and finished it yesterday (although it isn't stained yet, but we couldn't wait). instead of building a canopy that covered the whole top of the tank, we build up the section that coveres the glass on the 35 hex that we have. it is about 6 inches above the glass. we made a groove in the bottom of the wooden box so it fit into our exisiting hood. it looks really cool too. we added a fan on the box/canopy so it wouldn't get too hot.
we decided that we are laminating the box, and i will post pictures of it when it is done!
thanks for all your help with our decision we couldn't have done it without you all!
beck
a few weeks ago i posted the question "can there be too much light?" and we got on a few others subjects as well, but i wanted to post with our decision as to what we went with in regards to our new lighting. we went with www.hellolights.com which i would recommend in a heartbeat, by the way. we went with a double ended HQI 150W 15,000K bulb. My DH just built the canopy for the light and finished it yesterday (although it isn't stained yet, but we couldn't wait). instead of building a canopy that covered the whole top of the tank, we build up the section that coveres the glass on the 35 hex that we have. it is about 6 inches above the glass. we made a groove in the bottom of the wooden box so it fit into our exisiting hood. it looks really cool too. we added a fan on the box/canopy so it wouldn't get too hot.
we decided that we are laminating the box, and i will post pictures of it when it is done!
thanks for all your help with our decision we couldn't have done it without you all!
beck