diy hood light. 29 florescent 27 watt day light bulbs

[247Plants]

Just saw that you tacked this on to your response.

dont just guess thinking that i dont know what im talking about. i do my research. maybe i should spend about twice as much as it would regularly cost to build a plywood stand for a 180 gallon tank and over build the crap out of it and never even finish it. sounds like a plan.

NO you dont do your research. Dont lie just to make yourself look better. As a person who has years of experience with both commercial and residential electrical, I can plainly see that you didnt. As far as my stand for my aquarium goes, I freely admit I didnt know what I was doing when I made it. FYI I didnt spend twice as much as it would normally cost for a stand, I overbuilt it on purpose and it is finished. There is absolutely no danger to anything in my house or family because of it. On the other hand, your projects look like they are ready to destroy your house. Lets not confuse danger with safety.

I dont think any of us are hating on you, actually I think its quite the opposite, Im sitting here laughing my butt off because you cant even come back with a response in proper english and just want to state that we are haters and we dont know what we are talking about, even though we have been professionals in this field. You are like the little kid who thinks he knows it all bouncing around at the big guys ankles. Grow up and act like an adult.

well yall keep wating for that said fire in bout 6 months (that will never happen). O and by the way all metal is made to be solderd. thats the whole point it bonds and a certan temp. read a book or go to school. and the reason i had to use a torch was because my soldering gun was acting up and i didnt feel like going to the store to buy another. a few of my connections were done with a soldering gun. yall just keep hating.

You are wrong that all metal is made to be soldered, so quit passing off false information. Before you throw out a comment like go back to school or read a book, take that advice yourself, your posts give me a headache to read with the bad grammar and lack of punctuation. This site even has a spell check and you fail. If you cant see that some of the advice that has been given to you is from practical and scholarly knowledge, then your ignorance and stupidity are second to none and you shall get that same respect from me.

 

[Navyscuba]

well yall keep wating for that said fire in bout 6 months (that will never happen). O and by the way all metal is made to be solderd. thats the whole point it bonds and a certan temp. read a book or go to school. and the reason i had to use a torch was because my soldering gun was acting up and i didnt feel like going to the store to buy another. a few of my connections were done with a soldering gun. yall just keep hating.

You quote here "all metal is meant to be solder". Ok try to solder Stainless steel, iron, or aluminum in that matter. The only metals that you can solder are Non ferrous metals which are metals that do not contain Iron or ferrous materials. Don't be quoting wrong things. I'm a U.S. Navy Welder I know what I'm talking about, before that I did electronics repairs and audio equipment for 10 years. I'm pretty familiar with this matter. Like 247 said You are not doing any research and just trying to make yourself look good for people that don't know about this issues.

 

[J double R]

:lipssealedsmilie: Best of luck to you.

 

[platytudes]

Socrates said: "True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing."

How well this quote applies to this thread.

 

[iamvictor2k]

wow man i think you are taking this was to seriously, we are concerned because that is exposed wiring (while the sodering might be well done) it doesn't mitigate the fact those sockets look like thay where made with sockets that where clearly made not for that. also this is over water. to be quite honest though you're being quite rude about it and that really isn't productive here.

i do have a question why so much light that is just a rediculas amount of light and really not that efficiently done. if you really wanted to make a good fixture it would have been better to use less bulbs have them length wise and have something form of reflector (even simple white pain relax more then what you have going).

i really would like an explanation on the amount of light though

well honestly every thing i have read on plant requirements said that you cant have to much light so i took the space that i had and put as many lights that would comfortably fit. i also am not running all the lights all day half of them are on from 8-8 and the other half are on from 11-2. and if i have problems i can just remove some of the bulbs or turn my timers down.
o i have mirrors i am going to put in the frame for reflectors. just haven't found time to do it yet.

 

[platytudes]

well honestly every thing i have read on plant requirements said that you cant have to much light

Are you planning on fertilizing with CO2? Because adding tons of light, yet having no CO2 will make for an unbalanced tank, and I don't know that "siesta" periods help with issues like green water and brown algae, both of these are very simple forms of algae (brown algae aka diatoms are actually not algae at all) that can thrive even with several days worth of blackouts.

The kinds of plants that like really high light are also the kinds of plants that fish like tinfoil barbs will destroy. The plants that are tougher are also less light demanding, like Anubias, Java fern, onion plants, Vallisneria - I don't think any of them need or even want this huge amount of light. I know Anubias do very poorly under high light unless they are receiving shade from other plants.

Victor, I think you like building stuff more than reading - exercising your brawn more than your brain kind of thing. There are some real planted tank experts in this forum (I'm not one of them) and they're unlikely to take interest in your DIY thread if they're not DIYers themselves. So why don't you post a picture free, plain text message in the Planted Tank section of the forum -

"What kind of plants can I put in with ______ (your fish)? I've got 29, 27w daylight bulbs, 125 gallon tank..." Then list your substrate (I think it's plain pea gravel) and whether you are using CO2 or not.

It would be interesting to see what kind of responses you get. And you yourself should be interested to read them, if you truly made this hood because you thought your plants would love this much light and not just because you like building stuff.

 

[Ozymandias]

well honestly every thing i have read on plant requirements said that you cant have to much light so i took the space that i had and put as many lights that would comfortably fit. i also am not running all the lights all day half of them are on from 8-8 and the other half are on from 11-2. and if i have problems i can just remove some of the bulbs or turn my timers down.
o i have mirrors i am going to put in the frame for reflectors. just haven't found time to do it yet.

i'm sorry but where did you read that plants cant have to much light? as platytudes said this would crate an unbalanced tank tank (too much light not enough fertilizers or CO2). also even if you use half of those bulbs that's still alot of light and to be honest i don't think the mirrors would be that efficient for light reflection, mylar would have been better i feel.

i still feel this is way more light then you need and is just a wast of electricity and materials at the vary least.


btw i am speaking on experience with planted tanks not an expert but i have had high light planted tanks for 3 years and have learned a thing about them, i also am dabbling in hydroponics and lights are important in that too.

 

[slugzkea]

my tank lacks light, so...this looks great to me. looks great, that's all i'm saying. Despite safety and specifications, sometimes the point in doing a self-project is to have fun. I'm sure this grown man knows the repercussions of this project. Nice project!

 

[iamvictor2k]

im a little confused on why mirrors arent the best option for reflectors? i mean if i put a lazer pointer on Mylar it isnt going to shine directly back at me like a mirror would. and i cant see my reflection in Mylar like i can a mirror. maybe i am missing something.

 

[iamvictor2k]

my tank lacks light, so...this looks great to me. looks great, that's all i'm saying. Despite safety and specifications, sometimes the point in doing a self-project is to have fun. I'm sure this grown man knows the repercussions of this project. Nice project!

thank you and thank every one. my project was great fun and i hope that it will produce the outcome that i want. and i apreciate every one looking out for my safety and playing along with my arguments. its been great fun. i hope i will have a new project to post very soon that we can lash out at each other about. lol. this has to be the best web site on the face of the planet for me. i love to build stuff i love to learn new information and i love to argue till im blue in the face. you all keep doing what your doing dont ever change. thanks guys (and girl) yall rock. and keep posting.