Ecoxotic Par38 bulb

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MarcoG

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Just got mine in today! 3 white, 2 blue. This will be going over my office nano tank. I'll post pics later tonight
 
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For that last pic I held it above the tank about 12". The previous bulb was a 26 watt blue and white compact fluorescent.
 
Being the impatient person that I am, I fashioned a "ghetto-rigged" pvc structure to hold the bulb for now. I had tons of it laying in the garage.
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You need something more elegant that that. Lindsey used an articulating arm commonly used for an adjustable desk lamp.
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Or here's a DIY light kit hanger: http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2009-04/diy/index.php

You could always paint your PVC black, but the thing is that frame is bigger than your tank. It needs to be something simpler and cleaner.
 
@Marc wrote:
You need something more elegant that that. Lindsey used an articulating arm commonly used for an adjustable desk lamp. [img]http://www.reefaddicts.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=915&d=1268299447[/img] alt=""> Or here's a DIY light kit hanger: http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2009-04/diy/index.php You could always paint your PVC black said:
Yeah I'm planning on it, I just didn't have time today to get one. I just got a little impatient and wanted to see it hung up. [smilie=wink.gif]
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Much better! Now I just need to clean my desk [smilie=rofl.gif]

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Dawson_Reef51 wrote:
what is that light bulb ? id like to get a bunch of them and put them under my hood on my 150 gallon !!![/quote

There about $75-$100 a piece. You would do far better getting a T5 setup for temps and colors and price. Oh wait sorry!!!!!!!!!!! Never mind do what you want lol [smilie=lol.gif]
 
ok , thanks , i think i finally came up with light i wanna do ! ... its a system , that has 3 250 watt MH built in , and 4 96 watt actinics , and 16 moonlights down the center ! ... found it on ebay for like 600 !!! thanks for the advice on how much they were a piece !! i like the little oh wait thing too thats funny [smilie=clapping.gif] [smilie=rofl.gif]
 
well it turns out that the arm I bought from the office supply store wasn't very strong and could barely hold the par38 bulb up unless it was almost fully upright. I ended up breaking the plastic nut that's used to tighten the arm in my attempts to get the arm to look just right. I'm going to look for another one [smilie=sadsmile.gif]
 
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