DIY Moon light's - Frag Outpost Forums - Coral Propagation and Reef Aquarium Forums

reefer · 02-24-2005, 05:45 PM

I went to the local autozone and bought this light's they came 8 in a pack I put 4 in the front and 4 in the back of my canonpy and all i did way got my a 12 volt a/c plug and it work's good in my tank so far at hasn't been in it but a week but here's how it look's so far.

This is what kind of light's i got sorry i had already took them out and put them in before i thought about taking a pic

This is how they look on

FragOutpost · 02-24-2005, 06:02 PM

Looks good. That is a great idea. They look pretty bright, how many LED's are there in each of the little light fixtures?

ClarkiiClown · 03-24-2005, 04:03 PM

Those are neat but I think the spectrum is a little off, should be close though.....

Jackfish · 04-04-2005, 10:44 PM

I got a set and tried it, they are a nice touch, I also saw that they had long blue tube lights, they looked perfect for a nano, about 12 inches or so long. Might try one of those this weekend.

Jack

FragOutpost · 04-05-2005, 08:25 AM

Welcome to Frag Outpost Jackfish!

Jackfish · 04-05-2005, 06:59 PM

Thanks for the Welcome,

And thanks for the great trading site!! And the great info.

I couldnt help myself and i went out and got the tube light at auto zone.
its 9 inches in length and fits right in the hood on a mini plastic bow front from all-mart. and it has 2 ends on it with flat areas, so I just used a drop of CA glue to hold it in.

Im setting up another nano, It will be slaved off of my 90 gallon reef and dump into the sump, I am feeding it with airline tubing, multi's so I get water movment thats adjustable. for surface skimming ive epoxied a 1/2 pvc grey plastic threaded hose barb into a hole drilled into the rear top left of the nano, what i end up with on the inside is a 1/2 threaded fitting that a 90 deg can be put on with a small nipple slip fit into it, that way I can adjust water level to get it up near the rim where it will look right, also I get surface skimming. Be carefull of getting epoxy on the threads, what i did was drill the hole, dry fit it and then applied epoxy to the base of the threads and threaded it into the hole so it would spin the epoxy to a pretty neet finish.

Next after the epoxy sets I will add a hose to the back and start setting up the nano with sand rocks, and fill it up!

Now I will have another nano to fill with frags. also I have to look into the main lighting and see if i can just replace the bulb with something better or do a retro-fit.

Im looking for frags also!!!! but you knew that already thats why we are here right?

Jack