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Re: Plant lighting
I too like the effect of the cheap shop lights on my plants. I don't think
I will ever go back to using lighting manufactured by aquarium companies.
Shop lights are amazingly cheap, can span a whole row of small aquariums,
mount almost anywhere, and if desired can be hidden by hoods. They work
wonderfully in the working fishroom, and can readily be used in decor tanks
in the main living areas of the house when hidden by a hood. And the price
is unbeatable.
Norm
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----- Original Message -----
From: Tony Terceira <terceira at ride_ri.net>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 12:06 AM
Subject: Re: Plant lighting
I have always used simple cool white fluorescent lights in my fish
room. I have a three tier rack of permanent set up tanks all with Java
moss, water sprite and Java Fern plants. This is my permanent set up
section, the plants grow well, and fish do fine.
At 11:10 PM 9/7/00 -0700, you wrote:
> I don't know if this would be of use to anyone, but I am cheap and
>self-reliant. So, when I decided to get back into killies after several
>years absence, before I went to the Convention to get fish, I built a set
>of solid 2x4 frame shelves in three levels (storage on top and underneath
>with 2 rows of tanks in between). I installed a surge protector/group plug
>for each tank row for pumps, heaters, etc. And I used cheap fluorescent
>under-counter fixtures with white bulbs above the tanks. They were about
>$7.00 each. I use few plants, preferring bare lab-type tanks. These
lights
>provide "plenty" of illumination for four 10 gal or five 5 gal tanks.
>Another under-counter light, on the side of the 2x4 shelves, provides
plenty
>of light for my 13 2 -1/2 gal breeding tanks on adjacent plank shelves.
>These lights work just fine for green algae, and I'll bet they would work
>well for desirable plants as well, despite not being specially designed for
>plants. Comments?
>
>Jay Moylan
>
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Anthony C. Terceira, Consultant
253 Central Pike
N. Scituate, RI 02857
(401) 647-5238
(401) 647-3798 fax
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