bottomdweller_fan Posted April 13, 2008 Report Share Posted April 13, 2008 I recently purchased a 21 gallon Geosystem aquarium from Jason (jvision). He had already modified the hood to take T5 fluourescents, but I need more light ! So I retrofitted the hood with two 24 Watt HO T5's. Here are the pictures: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kayen Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 nice job... where are you getting the retofits form, iwant to retrofit the hood on my tank (it's those older marina ones..) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 Great job, Deborah!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bottomdweller_fan Posted April 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 I got the lights from All Seasons Garden Centre Inc. (a hydroponics store). The light fixtures are the ballast and the bulbs (for only $29.99 each). I then took a white 3" PVC pipe that I had the home improvement store cut in half as my reflectors. I then bolted the pipe and the light fixtures to the top of the hood. The really cool thing about these light fixtures is that they come with clips to attach them and they can be connected together. I have both fixtures connected to one electrical circuit. (You can daisy chain between 5 and 8 of them if you want). Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kayen Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 (edited) what's hte wattage on it? Because this summer i want to change my 33 to a low tech planted tank. (2wpg prefered) Edit: what did you do with the t5's that jason retrofitted? Edited April 14, 2008 by Kayen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byte Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 ....what's hte wattage on it?Because this summer i want to change my 33 to a low tech planted tank. (2wpg prefered) I recently purchased a 21 gallon Geosystem aquarium from Jason (jvision). He had already modified the hood to take T5 fluourescents, but I need more light ! So I retrofitted the hood with two 24 Watt HO T5's. Nice job on the lights Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bottomdweller_fan Posted April 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 It is a 21 gallon so with the 48 watts it is about 2.3 wpg. I still have the other T5's from Jason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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