Fuge light?

[larryndana]

What light should I use for my Fuge?
75gal dt
20 or 30 long sump/fuge....can't really decide....20 or 30.

 

[quads4_lif]

In salt water bigger is always better.

 

[quads4_lif]

As for a light I just used a Lights of america motion flood light from Home Depot that is like a 500 watt PC that is 6700K. Its like only 48.00
Here is a pic

 

[backcountr]

quad4 do you have any updated pics of sump?what is the pvc for

 

[quads4_lif]

Yes I do I just took these this morning. The PVC rings are to put my skimmer right at 8" in depth of water

 

[larryndana]

Thanks.
looks like a 30 long, did you do it yourself?

 

[quads4_lif]

It is a 55gal and yes I did it myself very easy

 

[larryndana]

yeah, i thought about it after i posted it....how could i guess....to hard to tell.
So, did you cut the glass or have it cut? Was it expensive?

 

[aztec reef]

any light would do for a fuge.as for a tank you can even use any rubbermaid plastic tub.that's how easy a fuge is to setup.

 

[quads4_lif]

I think haveing all 4 pieces cut cost 20.00 When you have them cut, have them cut 1/8"th to 1/16"th smaller than the width of the inside of your tank

 

[quads4_lif]

I have also used this type of light for my fuge on my 55 gal

 

[greg2424]

just buy a flood light bulb and the clamp style socket,works fine for me
just like quads above

 

[larryndana]

gotcha thanks.

 

[larryndana]

Originally Posted by quads4_lif
I think haveing all 4 pieces cut cost 20.00 When you have them cut, have them cut 1/8"th to 1/16"th smaller than the width of the inside of your tank

yeah i was thinking about that, should it be 1/8 or 1/16 smaller?

 

[quads4_lif]

I did mine 1/16 you just want to make sure you leave room for the silicone to fit between the glass baffel and the side of the tank to get a good seal.

 

[mpls man]

Originally Posted by quads4_lif
Yes I do I just took these this morning. The PVC rings are to put my skimmer right at 8" in depth of water

have you done a power outage check ? looks like your levels are a little high in your sump?

 

[quads4_lif]

of coarse
I measured it exactly calculating the exact tank volume of my sump and what my DT will drain. In fact when ever I feed I have a power strip that I turn off which has all of my powerheads and my return pump. My DT will drain all the way up to 1" below the top of my 55gal sump.

 

[stimpy4242]

Looking at your sump fuge it strongly resembles mine. I used 55g as well, i have an asm g3 skimmer, i have a mag24 return pump, but my fuge section is like 24 inches long...yours seems small...my return chamber is tiny about 1.5" on each side of the pump and sits in about 9 inches of water...any reason you did not go for a bigger fuge?

 

[scsinet]

If you google "1000 bulbs" you'll find a web site (aptly named) that sells screw in fluorescents up to pretty high wattages.
I just today ordered a FC65/S65 from them. It's a 65w screw in fluorescent, 6500K. They are supposed to be like 300 watt equivalent.
They have screw in fluorescents that get really big, but I don't know how big you can get 6500K in.
Combine that with a clamp on "worklight" and you're good to go.
'bout $20

 

[wattsupdoc]

I use the clamp on jobber with a 23 watt 5000k compact flourescent from lowes. Cheato loves it!