POST A PIC OF YOUR LIGHT FIXTURE

[Guppy]

I am trying to figure out how to make or what kind of fixture to buy. I am going to use T5 VHO over my 55 gallon. I thought about buying a billard light and stripping out the ballast and end caps and reinstall with the T5 stuff, but wife said that would look cheesey. Most fixtures i see at HomeDepot dont look very nice either. I need some ideas.

 

[Reefmike]

T5's don't put out a lot of heat so mount them inside of a canopy.

 

[rckrzy1]

@Reefmike wrote:

I dunno but I think a 50w bulb put's out 50w of heat or thereabouts, whether it's a PC , T-5 or whatever. But still I'd get a canopy as suggested.

 

[Ashlar]

Weeell... 50w lights consume 50w of energy. How much of that gets translated to heat is a different story. More efficient bulbs (like t-5s) produce less heat for the same wattage as compared to other types of lights.