Re: [APD] lighting on the cheap

["Kevin Madsen" <kevin_madsen at gmail.com>]

I have 5 of these above a 135g and it works very well.

Kevin

On 4/18/06, Wise, Nicholas <Nicholas_Wise at eon-us.com> wrote:
> Hello lights does make some outdoor compact flourescent fixtures that
> use very high wattage bulbs.
>
> http://www.lightsofamerica.com/floods.htm
>
> Ones like these retail for under $40 and could be fixed to work over
> aquariums.
>
> -Nick
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: aquatic-plants-bounces at actwin_com
> > [mailto:aquatic-plants-bounces at actwin_com] On Behalf Of Vaughn Hopkins
> > Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 11:46 PM
> > To: aquatic plants digest
> > Subject: Re: [APD] lighting on the cheap
> >
> > Eli, I don't think I have yet seen a screw in fluorescent bulb with a
> > 85 watt rating.  The biggest I have seen are some monsters,
> > with mushroom shape, made for photography, but I don't recall
> > them being as big as 85 watts.  If that type is what you are
> > thinking about, it would probably work as pendant lights if
> > you used good reflectors made for the bulbs, and those are
> > available too.  (But, I recall the cost for even one such
> > combination being almost the full $80 you mentioned.) I
> > suggest, as I always do, that you look at AH Supply light
> > kits - three 96 watt kits would work very well I would think,
> > and you could make the housing for them pretty cheaply.
> >
> > Vaughn H.
> >
> > On Monday, April 17, 2006, at 06:49 PM, Eli Moss wrote:
> >
> > > I'm looking at the possibility of a 140-gallon aquarium with all
> > > equipment except lighting included, mine for the reasonable
> > price of
> > > FREE.  It's a tremendously lucky break, especially for a broke
> > > highschooler.  The issue of light is a bit of a thorn in my side,
> > > though.  Up till now I've just been using four foot
> > shoplights, which
> > > work for my 40g high and my homemade 90g terrarium.  I was
> > looking at
> > > VHO compact fluorescent and metal halide options, which are all far
> > > too expensive for me.  An idea I had is to just use about four 85w
> > > screw-in compact fluorescent bulbs suspended just above the water.
> > > I'd get away with the lighting for about eighty dollars,
> > which seems
> > > way too good to be true.  Is there anything inherently
> > wrong with this
> > > idea?
> > >
> > > Eli
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