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Re: [APD] lighting on the cheap



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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