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When the glass top broke my automatic feeder dropped into the tank.....might have to be replaced, its soaked all inside. Trying to dry it out now.
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Or kitty litter.Also look for Beamswork on e-bay for cheaper led's.
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Beamswork is ok, just make sure you get the double bright, the single is kindda dim for my taste, specially if you used to have t5's
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You do as myself and Skip have done use under the counter LED lights from Lowes or Home Depot cheaper then buying the aquarium fixtures.
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ZX10R
You do as myself and Skip have done use under the counter LED lights from Lowes or Home Depot cheaper then buying the aquarium fixtures.
+1
Didn't you already made a hanging light fixture for one of your tanks? It looked neat!
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Yeah I did. My only concern with those under the counter LED fixtures is how cheap they are. How long with the LEDs last in those? How cheap are the parts? Etc. I know the little star modules you buy for DIY are quality lights...like the Cree brand. To me its like buying Cree vs Chinese knock offs.....i don't know. I'll have to look into them more.
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my 30" light from IKEA.. LEDBERG model.. is $14.99.. 30".. good enough for me!
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Are you using it as a single light source for tanks Skip or just supplement? Can you post pictures once done?
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Rick, Incognito, has good results from these suckers: http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-Pack-LED-4...item19d57fa38e
I'm debating trying a pair
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Good call Harry, and I can get 2....thats not to bad. I need at least 2. I've heard those aren't to bad either for fish only tanks.
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I posted this once on another thread and it seems no-one really had interest. I like it a lot and will do it again. I could have made it look really fancy but it's just hanging over a grow-out tank in the basement so I didn't really care about looks.
It's a standard Halogen ceiling fixture. I replaced the Halogen bulbs with led bulbs each led bulb is 1.3 watts. you can get them in various colors from blue, bright white. yellow or green. I prefer the bright white. For 14.99 for the fixture and 5 for each led replacement bulb. and it lights up the 65 gallon very nicely. they make them in 3 watt tool and well that would be plenty of light.
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d3...3/100_5490.jpg
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dpete9
I posted this once on another thread and it seems no-one really had interest. I like it a lot and will do it again. I could have made it look really fancy but it's just hanging over a grow-out tank in the basement so I didn't really care about looks.
It's a standard Halogen ceiling fixture. I replaced the Halogen bulbs with led bulbs each led bulb is 1.3 watts. you can get them in various colors from blue, bright white. yellow or green. I prefer the bright white. For 14.99 for the fixture and 5 for each led replacement bulb. and it lights up the 65 gallon very nicely. they make them in 3 watt tool and well that would be plenty of light.
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d3...3/100_5490.jpg
That's growing on me
And no aquarium fixture hanging on top of the tank that you have to move around (to clean, etc)
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I like that, and believe me I love my hanging LED fixture over my 100gal. Problem is I don't want to hang anything for a bunch of these smaller growout/breeding tanks I am getting lights for.