chaz wrote:


I am looking at a new light, please see these specs

*********two 65W bulb 12000K DAYLIGHT & two 65W actinic BULB a total of 260W
**********

What do you think? I would replace my existing hood since I dont want to
take up my accesss point.

chaz



That sounds like a marine reef lighting setup not directly suitable for
freshwater plants, and expensive. My setup is a plywood home-made hood
with hardware store fixtures and Grolux WS plant tubes plus full-sun
type tubes - also from hw store. I have glass under the hood but suppose
it's not that safe...