My second bigish tank!!!!

Looks Stunning! well done!

 

ok i saw ur later photo with ur cat on ur tank.. wanted to ask, what flood lights did u use? halide ones or cfl? very nice and clean tank BTW!

 

Normal 500watt halogen lamps. I got them for R60 each. but i don't use the 500watt globes as you will burn anything within 1 meter. I bought 24watt energy saving globes for R120 each. gives a nicer white light. My plants are doing very well in that tank and there has not been any sighs of algae. They are waterproof as well . (good thing as it has fallen in the tank before.)

 

nice! i have the CFL flood lights over my nano! also nice.. i dono.. was torn between this light and cfls! these lights get too hot and r heavy on the electricity bill but r very strong.. cfls r cheaper to run but not as powerful (ok, still not bad though)..

 

Franna, did you get this from a store or from someone?

If from a store can you PM me where??? Need to get new lights for my planted tank

 

pm sent

 

ya, that is unusually cheap for flood lights.. how heavy is it on ur elec bill though?

 

not at all. Remember its 500watt max lights but I'm using 24watt energy saving globes. tank is 50 cm deep and the light goes all way down. i've got one on my 650cm malawi tank and ive got no problems so far.

 

hmm.. interesting.. maybe for my next project i'll do that