Malefactor
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So, toying with this idea and going to give it a go and see how it works.
Looking a product called Solatube. It's basically the same principal as a skylight, but not nearly as large or pricey. Light reflector catches light and disperses it through the room via reflection... Now, multiple reasons i'm looking at this. It not only allows natural daylight, but moonlight as well.
This can be beneficial in natural vitamins (such as B and D that are derived from sunlight) as well as breeding fish that rely on a specific lighting / lunar cycle. Not to mention the obvious that there will be PLENTY of light for coral species.
The tube + installation and all is $650 and can features things such as a dehumidifier, dimmer and can even be set with additional light or moonlight high efficiency CFL or LED.
The biggest benefit i see in something like this isn't in the form of the lighting it provides to a single tank and what it offers... But for someone like me that's on a budget and doesn't have an infinite pocketbook... I can put this in a room which is it's actual purpose. To supply light to an entire room... And light ALL of my tanks at once... $650 flat. No continuous electrical charge. No bulbs to replace... 10 yr warranty and all that jazz... Then the 3 X 75G Freshwater breeding rack, 135G Salt, 55G refugium / frag and grow out tanks ALL get lit with the proper lighting for growing corals, micro algae and plants.
Now, my question is... What can be done to combat the ultimate issue that will inevitably arrive in the form of ALL the algae!!! I'm planning an algae scrubber that will be done by the end of the week... Think this will be enough or will it be completely rendered useless with the whole tank being lit up like that? Obviously, water will have to be kept PRISTINE as far as RO/DI and the such. What else would help alleviate this problem.
Looking a product called Solatube. It's basically the same principal as a skylight, but not nearly as large or pricey. Light reflector catches light and disperses it through the room via reflection... Now, multiple reasons i'm looking at this. It not only allows natural daylight, but moonlight as well.
This can be beneficial in natural vitamins (such as B and D that are derived from sunlight) as well as breeding fish that rely on a specific lighting / lunar cycle. Not to mention the obvious that there will be PLENTY of light for coral species.
The tube + installation and all is $650 and can features things such as a dehumidifier, dimmer and can even be set with additional light or moonlight high efficiency CFL or LED.
The biggest benefit i see in something like this isn't in the form of the lighting it provides to a single tank and what it offers... But for someone like me that's on a budget and doesn't have an infinite pocketbook... I can put this in a room which is it's actual purpose. To supply light to an entire room... And light ALL of my tanks at once... $650 flat. No continuous electrical charge. No bulbs to replace... 10 yr warranty and all that jazz... Then the 3 X 75G Freshwater breeding rack, 135G Salt, 55G refugium / frag and grow out tanks ALL get lit with the proper lighting for growing corals, micro algae and plants.
Now, my question is... What can be done to combat the ultimate issue that will inevitably arrive in the form of ALL the algae!!! I'm planning an algae scrubber that will be done by the end of the week... Think this will be enough or will it be completely rendered useless with the whole tank being lit up like that? Obviously, water will have to be kept PRISTINE as far as RO/DI and the such. What else would help alleviate this problem.
i just love to tinker. Work with everything. Wood, plastics, acrylic, metal hehe. Annoys the crap out of my wife. Not because i'm always doing something... well, she gets annoyed by that too... But because as an artist she loves to create. She can draw and paint... Something i completely fail at. But in her words "there's nothing you can look at or examine and NOT recreate" *lol*. Eventually i'll get there, but not nearly enough money for it... THat's my biggest limiting factor... Salt water world done well was not meant for a barrista *lol*