sayid
11-12-2017, 06:38 AM
I like to share with you the changes that i made to my old 55 g tank about a year ago.
I wanted to have an effect of sun rise- sun set on limited budget and i started by taking the old black vinyl film and replace it with a frosted glass vinyl film , you can buy that from your home depot for under $ 10 for 2 meter length.
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The next step was to buy a piece of plastic white cardboard from office work supply ,cutting it to shape and sick it to the back of the tank.
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You can buy the white plastic for under $ 6 , I had an LED strip from another project which i placed horizontally behind the tank , but you can buy it from IKEA for under $ 15 , i made sure that all the wires ,and the tubes were placed behind the cardboard so you can not see them through the tank.
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I have put the LED light on timer ,i comes on 30 min before the main light in the morning and goes off after one hour and again comes on 30 min before the main light goes off at night and stays for one hour .
The whole project has cost me under $ 30 , please let me know what you think.
Sayid
note, I was not sure of the category mod please move this to the right place .
I wanted to have an effect of sun rise- sun set on limited budget and i started by taking the old black vinyl film and replace it with a frosted glass vinyl film , you can buy that from your home depot for under $ 10 for 2 meter length.
113184
The next step was to buy a piece of plastic white cardboard from office work supply ,cutting it to shape and sick it to the back of the tank.
113185
113186
You can buy the white plastic for under $ 6 , I had an LED strip from another project which i placed horizontally behind the tank , but you can buy it from IKEA for under $ 15 , i made sure that all the wires ,and the tubes were placed behind the cardboard so you can not see them through the tank.
113187
I have put the LED light on timer ,i comes on 30 min before the main light in the morning and goes off after one hour and again comes on 30 min before the main light goes off at night and stays for one hour .
The whole project has cost me under $ 30 , please let me know what you think.
Sayid
note, I was not sure of the category mod please move this to the right place .