Does anyone know if its a good idea to put the lights in the water or
outside of the pond?
I understand that the water will eventually turn greenish and I'm not sure
if the lights will have the same effect when this happens.
Has anyone experienced problems with the lights inside the pond?
TIA

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"Robert Ramirez" wrote:

Does anyone know if its a good idea to put the lights in the water or
outside of the pond?
I understand that the water will eventually turn greenish and I'm not sure
if the lights will have the same effect when this happens.
Has anyone experienced problems with the lights inside the pond?
TIA



A pond without lights is like a day without sunshine.

jay
Sat, May 24, 2003


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Robert Ramirez wrote:

Has anyone experienced problems with the lights inside the pond?

I have low voltage lighting in mine. No problems.


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I have had better luck with lights outside of the water than in. But that is
just me.

In , Robert Ramirez
wrote:

Does anyone know if its a good idea to put the lights in the water or
outside of the pond?

Submersible lights should be in the water.

I understand that the water will eventually turn greenish and I'm not sure
if the lights will have the same effect when this happens.
Has anyone experienced problems with the lights inside the pond?

In our pond, there isn't any more algae on the lights than anywhere
else. The major advantage is that you get to have a glowing effect at
night. Very mesmerizing.


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I have one of those sealed string of lights. both ends are out of the water. it is
tucked up under the veggie filter. Ingrid

On Sat, 24 May 2003 18:08:55 GMT, "Robert Ramirez"
wrote:

Does anyone know if its a good idea to put the lights in the water or
outside of the pond?
I understand that the water will eventually turn greenish and I'm not sure
if the lights will have the same effect when this happens.
Has anyone experienced problems with the lights inside the pond?
TIA

I put underwater lights in mine - actually, they're just under the
surface. At night they turn what was a black pit into something
enjoyable. Now can see everything in the pond at night.
For my situation I found 20 to 25 Watts per light best. Under 20W too
dim, 35W and up too bright.

Steve J. Noll | Ventura California (zone 10)
| Glass Block Pond http://www.kissingfrogs.tv

We got our lights at Home Depot.... cant remember how much $ but they are a
string of 3 round lights with a few feet of cord between them. My husband
used plastic strap ties to afix them to a piece of pvc pipe and we lay it
along the edge of the pond bottom that abuts our deck.

The nice thing about it is that every so often I just pull on the cord and
the whole pipe comes up so I can use a brush to clean off the lenses. Then
I just lower it back down to the bottom and use a pole to adjust the light
heads so they shoot across the bottom of the pond.

We put them on a photosenor timer that was real cheap and it turns them on
automatically when it starts to get dark and they stay on for 2-1/2 hours
(you can adjust it to any time you like).

We've had them for 2 years now and no problems and no burned out light
bulbs. The white pvc quickly grew over with algae so it is invisible.

Another positive thing about lights at night is that I can see the turbidity
of the water. It shows up so well at night, where during the daytime it
looks like the water is crystal clear, then at night you can see all the
stuff that is suspended in the water. The fish seem to enjoy the lights too
and cruise around excitedly while the lights are on.

Good luck and happy ponding!
wendy in Oregon

I got a bit carried away and we installed
a light at the edge of the pond.
I wanted to attract bugs for the bullfrogs to
eat...
It wasn't on a timer and I got tired of running around plugging it in at night
and unplugging it and finally I said, kathy, get a grip! Bullfrogs have been
consuming bugs for probably millions of years without any help from a pondside
light.

You know how you can get carried away sometimes with ponding....


k30a

"K30a" wrote in message
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I got a bit carried away and we installed
a light at the edge of the pond.
I wanted to attract bugs for the bullfrogs to
eat...
It wasn't on a timer and I got tired of running around plugging it in at
night
and unplugging it and finally I said, kathy, get a grip! Bullfrogs have
been
consuming bugs for probably millions of years without any help from a
pondside
light.

You know how you can get carried away sometimes with ponding....

Target has some very nice stylish solr powered lights right now. In pairs
they are $40.00, and I think many of the designs are very elegant. I have
one set (two lamps) around the pond. I figure the soft glow will be enough
to attract some frog food.

BV.

After reading this thread about pond lights I decided I just had to have
some. I didn't want to get anything electrical. My pump/filter is using
the only outlet available. So, I thought I would check out the floating
solar lights. Local place wanted $29.00 each for Sol-Mate brand.

Just for ha-ha's, I took a look at eBay this morning and there were two
auctions for brand new in box Sol-Mate floating lights. I did buy-it-now
for both of them, just $14.95 each!

Denise

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