Project: Canopy/Bright Light.

Importskyline22

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ALright. If you read my topic in the plant section you know what this is about.

Me and my dad are in the process of getting a canopy built for my tank.

There are 2 reasons for this build.
1: Looks
2: To get birghter lights for plants.


Day 1: Went out and bought 1 housing and i set of lights.

shoplight.jpg


LOL i just relized i took a pic of the spanish side! opps!
shoplight1.jpg


shoplight2.jpg


(2x40)/55=1.45wpg so far.

I set it on top the tank to get a feel of how much light that will give me.

this is a before and after

Before
55gnewer2.jpg


After, with the new lights
brightlight.jpg


It was during the day when i took this picture so its not as good as it should be.

I will post updates as they come. Please feel free to comment.
 
If you ever decide to use more light, you could overdrive those ones which would give you about 1.7 times more light. I did one of the same units you have and I can barely look at it because it is so bright. Overdriving is pretty easy if you understand a little about electricity (which your father seems to know according to your post in plants).
 
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