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Finally moved the livestock from my 15g into my new 20g:

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What a cool shot Anthony.

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Looks quite nice Anthony, did you actually bring the power for those lights through the support bar?

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How do yo like those lights? I am thinking of getting one for my 12g nano from nanotuners.

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mpoletti wrote:
What a cool shot Anthony.

Thanks Mark -those words mean a lot coming from you! Smile Are you at MACNA!?

sfsuphysics wrote:
Looks quite nice Anthony, did you actually bring the power for those lights through the support bar?

Thanks Mike. I actually got the idea from Matt. The lamps are hooked up to a light rail which I attached to a piece of conduit that I bent and spray painted. The light rail is what provides electricity to the lamps through a wire which I hid along the back side of the conduit.

sid700 wrote:
How do yo like those lights? I am thinking of getting one for my 12g nano from nanotuners.

Sid, these light are fantastic. I don't think I am going to ever use anything else ever again on a nano. Each of those two lamps above has different optics. When I was planning out the rock work I knew I want the right side of my aqua scape higher than the left, so I put in 60* degree optics on the right lamp. The left side of the tank I knew I wanted lower, so I left the stock 40* optics in the left lamp to allow for more light to punch through the water. Over your 12g, you're going to need to either use 40* optics and raise it way up to get good light spread over your tank, or go with 60* optics IMO. Unless you're looking for that strict spotlighting effect, then go for the 40's.

These lamps also produce minimal heat, and the color is nice IMO. The ones I am using now are both 20K. I am thinking of adding a third lamp!

Also ... these lamps are damn strong. Bleached a Favia frag of mine at the very bottom right corner of this new tank where the light supposed to be weaker. doh!

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No MACNA for me Anthony. I'm not hitting any shows until next years BAYMAC Smile

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Anthony,
Looks very good and clean. Beer

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bluevoodoo wrote:
Anthony,
Looks very good and clean. Beer

Much thanks -this is the look I was going for! Smile
Now I just need to figure out how to get rid of this surface slick ...

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What do you mean by surface slick?

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looking very nice

Kid in the LFS - Look! Nemo!!!
LFS dude: Hey Kiddo, the scientific name of that fish is "Clownfish"

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bluevoodoo wrote:
What do you mean by surface slick?

Yesterday after I moved tanks I had a nice layer of surface gunk. I have no overflow, or skimmer on this tank, so I'd imagine a bunch of detritus, aminos, and other organic garbage decided to get together on the surface of my aquarium water.
I but a small air pump on my tank, and got rid of that problem Smile

zepplock wrote:
looking very nice

Thanks Vlad Smile I am thinking of putting a little 5g ADA tank right next to it ... for a freshwater system. haha! Laughing out loud

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