Re: [APD] Diffuser for MH Pendants

["Louis Lin" <lhclin at tickquest_com>]

Alternative is to use floating plants like water lettuce.
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Louis Lin
TickQuest Inc    www.tickquest.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven Pituch" <spituch at ev1_net>
To: <Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com>
Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 9:43 AM
Subject: [APD] Diffuser for MH Pendants


> I thought that maybe someone else may run into this problem.
>
> My sunroom has a very low ceiling.  I needed to reduce the light levels
for
> my MH pendants, but the ceiling height restricted me from raising the
> lights.  I found out that aluminum screening cuts about a half f-stop of
> light when used as a diffuser and two layers cuts the light about 50%.  So
a
> 175 Watt bulb then becomes as effective as an 88 Watt bulb.  I placed the
> screen beneath the Lexan clear covers and between the cover and the round
> frame.  The three screws force the clear cover against the frame clamping
> the screen in place.
> I have a picture of it at:
>
http://users.ev1.net/~spituch/Steve's%20Page/Aquarium/hardware/lights/lights.html#mh
>
> Regards,
>
> Steve Pituch
>
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