Re: [APD] Re: The Art of Lighting a BowfrontTank or - the Arc ofLighting

["S. Hieber" <shieber at yahoo_com>]

Roger Miller once proposed arranging the bulbs with the
length from fornt to back so that the bulbs sat side by
side going across the tank from ons side to the other. I
belive it was George Booth who noted that, among other
things, this arangement allowed them to be sequential
cycled, emulating sunrise and sunset.

http://fins.actwin.com/aquatic-plants/month.200308/msg00043.html

Scott H.
--- David Terrell <Dave at terrellclan_com> wrote:
> This might seem nuts but I've been thinking a lot lately
> about these tanks
> and I have an outrageous solution.  Reading the post I
> was thinking to
> myself, all lights are width-wise in a tank, usually the
> entire width or
> maybe 2x half the width.  I wonder if anyone has done a
> depth-wise light
> scheme, where the light fixtures are front to back on top
> of the tank?  I
> know working on the tank would be a pain, but maybe
> something could be
> worked on in the meantime, I have a floor lamp next to
> mine that provides
> light when I'm working on the tank.  I don't know the
> specifics of smaller
> bulbs, but one that would fit my 18" deep tank (48x18x24"
> All-Glass 90G),
> use maybe one of those every 5" or so, there'd be about 5
> of them.  Or even
> perhaps closer together!  In a bowfront this would allow
> you to stagger them
> beacuse at the ends of the tank they'd be full depth,
> front to back, but in
> the middle you could put one closer to the front, one
> closer to the rear and
> just stagger.  It'd be a _lot_ more wiring, but I just
> wondered, wiring
> aside what's the downside to this?  If you were really
> savvy you could turn
> off a few at a time to simulate a pretty nice, gradual
> sunrise/sunset ;-)
> 
> -Dave T.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "S. Hieber" <shieber at yahoo_com>
> To: "aquatic plants digest" <aquatic-plants at actwin_com>
> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 9:13 AM
> Subject: Re: [APD] Re: The Art of Lighting a BowfrontTank
> or - the Arc
> ofLighting
> 
> 
> > Why not try a 36 watt in front and replace two of the
> 55s
> > with 36s. I belive they are slightly overdriven on the
> > Fulham ballasts from AHS so it won't be a startling
> change
> > but it will even out the lighting.  You might want to
> > separate the bulbs in back a bit more than otherwise,
> end
> > to end, if you can.
> > I don't know if yo have individual ballasts for the 
> 55s or
> > 2 bulbs to a ballast. If 2 to a ballast, then they are
> > Workhorse 5s and and if ididividual they are Workhorse
> 3.
> > In either caseto go form 55 to 36w, you you need to
> drop
> > back one of the read wires to each bulbs.
> >
> >
> > Scott H.
> >
> >
> > --- Matt Staroscik <matt at wrongcrowd_com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Similar experiences here. I have a 90g bowfront,
> which I
> > > think is a 72g
> > > tall. The lfs sold me 2 110W PC striplights, which
> don't
> > > fit quite right...
> > > but that is another story. (I had the tank stuff in
> > > mothballs for 6 months
> > > before I set it up so I did not notice right after
> the
> > > purchase.)
> > >
> > > Anyway, my tank is pretty new so I don't have many
> plant
> > > observations yet.
> > > But it does seem like my light is more evenly
> dispersed
> > > than yours is. This
> > > may be due to the extra elevation, so I would try
> your
> > > idea of raising the
> > > lights first. Ultimately another 55W light in the
> very
> > > front will be the
> > > best solution though, I bet.
> > >
> > > Good luck,
> > > Matt
> > >
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