Well, it would seem that my current plants didn't have enough light, and this bothered me immensly, something had to be done about it.
I didn't want to go buy another hood, nor did I wish to spend the time or money right now to build one (neither of which I have) so I figured I could fit 4 15W CF's into the hood, instead of using the single 17W tube.
All I would need are sockets, angle brackets and some screws.
I have 5 chandeliers sitting around so I took the sockets out of one of them, and I have angle brackets, screws, and nuts in abundance, so all was good to go.
now the tank is much brighter, although I still don't like how the hood doesn't cover the entire length of the tank.
The lights not only look nice, and fit perfectly, they actually get in the way of the LEDs, providing a more diffused moonlight, with only a beam in the middle, which looks like it could be a moonbeam.
I haven't decided yet weather or not to use the blue bulbs.
I didn't want to go buy another hood, nor did I wish to spend the time or money right now to build one (neither of which I have) so I figured I could fit 4 15W CF's into the hood, instead of using the single 17W tube.
All I would need are sockets, angle brackets and some screws.
I have 5 chandeliers sitting around so I took the sockets out of one of them, and I have angle brackets, screws, and nuts in abundance, so all was good to go.
now the tank is much brighter, although I still don't like how the hood doesn't cover the entire length of the tank.
The lights not only look nice, and fit perfectly, they actually get in the way of the LEDs, providing a more diffused moonlight, with only a beam in the middle, which looks like it could be a moonbeam.
I haven't decided yet weather or not to use the blue bulbs.
