Can someone point me in the direction of a good primer for aquarium lighting in general and DIY fixtures in particular?
I'd like to come up with some DIY lighting for a 30g and a 10g. I'm just looking for low light for now, but wouldn't object to having a fixture that allowed for the possibility of more light in the future.
I understand what "watts" and "degrees Kelvin" mean, I get it that different kinds of bulbs will produce different amounts of light (lumens) per watt and that the reflector shape matters. I'm not completely useless when it comes to building things. That said, folks throw around a lot of terms that I don't know (T5? T8? what???) and most of the resources I've found are either too general or too specific.
Once I've got a handle on things, I may come back with questions because my requirements are a bit unusual. The centerpiece of my 30g is a turtle, so at one end (over the basking area), I MUST have a heat lamp and a UVA/UVB lamp.
Muchas gracias!
I'd like to come up with some DIY lighting for a 30g and a 10g. I'm just looking for low light for now, but wouldn't object to having a fixture that allowed for the possibility of more light in the future.
I understand what "watts" and "degrees Kelvin" mean, I get it that different kinds of bulbs will produce different amounts of light (lumens) per watt and that the reflector shape matters. I'm not completely useless when it comes to building things. That said, folks throw around a lot of terms that I don't know (T5? T8? what???) and most of the resources I've found are either too general or too specific.
Once I've got a handle on things, I may come back with questions because my requirements are a bit unusual. The centerpiece of my 30g is a turtle, so at one end (over the basking area), I MUST have a heat lamp and a UVA/UVB lamp.
Muchas gracias!
