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55g tank + canopy + 4 homedepot strip lights?
i just setup my 55gallon tank and i got the workshop lights from home
depot, but only one fits at a time with the canopy on the tank. did anyone else face this similar problem? what to do? right now im just going to leave hte canopy off, let there be plenty of light (4-4ft flourescent F40's) and then if i want to put the tank in "show" mode ill put the canopy on and take one of the strip of lights off. this is awfully painful though. also, how long until i can start adding plants? im planning on letting the water sit/cycle for 2 days, then add the co2 injection kit. where do i order plants online from, cheapest? the idea is to get all the plants at once, yes? or do i want to go a couple at a time to make sure they are doing ok? thanks in advance! |
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55g tank + canopy + 4 homedepot strip lights?
On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 02:37:02 GMT, fusQuanto
wrote: i just setup my 55gallon tank and i got the workshop lights from home depot, but only one fits at a time with the canopy on the tank. did anyone else face this similar problem? what to do? right now im just going to leave hte canopy off, let there be plenty of light (4-4ft flourescent F40's) and then if i want to put the tank in "show" mode ill put the canopy on and take one of the strip of lights off. this is awfully painful though. also, how long until i can start adding plants? im planning on letting the water sit/cycle for 2 days, then add the co2 injection kit. where do i order plants online from, cheapest? the idea is to get all the plants at once, yes? or do i want to go a couple at a time to make sure they are doing ok? thanks in advance! On my 55 with shop lights, I just use one and have only low light plants. On the other 55, I got a regular aquarium light with compact fluorescent bulbs in it, more light that way, two 55W bulbs, if I remember correctly. I see the Nove Extreme puts four 54W bulbs in a 48 inch fixture, $479.99 in a catalog I have. One place for plants, aquabid.com another, arizona aquatic gardens, there are more, but I can't list them at this time. |
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55g tank + canopy + 4 homedepot strip lights?
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fusQuanto wrote: i just setup my 55gallon tank and i got the workshop lights from home depot, but only one fits at a time with the canopy on the tank. did anyone else face this similar problem? what to do? right now im just going to leave hte canopy off, let there be plenty of light (4-4ft flourescent F40's) and then if i want to put the tank in "show" mode ill put the canopy on and take one of the strip of lights off. this is awfully painful though. Search places that recycles office furniture for T5, T8 or CF fixtures. also, how long until i can start adding plants? im planning on letting the water sit/cycle for 2 days, then add the co2 injection kit. Add them right away. where do i order plants online from, cheapest? the idea is to get all the plants at once, yes? or do i want to go a couple at a time to make sure they are doing ok? thanks in advance! Poke around in archives and see what people have been happy with. -- Need Mercedes parts ? - http://parts.mbz.org Richard Sexton | Mercedes stuff: http://mbz.org 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Home page: http://rs79.vrx.net 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | http://aquaria.net http://killi.net |
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