Hmmm... excellent ideas. I wonder.... might be fixing my own DIY canopy later this weekend... I currently have a Lexan top with a small box basically, holding the lights.
Looks great. One thing that I have noticed with my planted tank, is having a 65w bulb with a pink hue to it. It helps alot with the plant growth. I am not sure why it does that, but it looks great right now. Plants triple in size about every week.
yea i noticed that with my friends tank. He has a pink tube bulb in the front and 2 14w screw in fluorescent in the back.. and the plants tend to go for the pink light alot and show nice colors..
At the moment the canopy holds 4 14w bulbs and in the front i added a 50/50 10w bulb just to see if the actinic will do anything with the colors.. well it gives the fish a minor change in color, though looks nice