FishManTy Posted March 4, 2005 Report Share Posted March 4, 2005 Ok, so this is a continuation from the one that we had in the buy/sell section: From the Rona Ballast that I bought for $15.99, I decided to buy some plant/aquarum lights from HD. They looked like this on the tank: (Notice the yellow on the sand in the background. The sand in the front looks fine, because there are good bulbs on the front half. So, to contrast the good bulbs that I had from before, to these new "plant/aquarium lights, look at the new picture. The one standing up is the lights I like. The one laying down is the crappy ones.) SO I went back and for less than half the cost, I got 2 6500k for $5.96 (thats 5.96 for both!, compared to the $7 something for EACH plant/aquarium light) This is what they look like: I'd like to thank Blkwolfe for pointing me in the direction of the better lights. To really see how nice they look, you'd have to see em in person. Its hard to capture them with a digi-camera. I wish I took more pictures of the crappy plant/aquarium bulbs before I returned them In short!, I hate those damn Aquarium/plant bulbs! WASTE OF MONEY, IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishManTy Posted March 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2005 and for the hellova it... this is what the tank looked like before I added the new 48" strip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi_luver Posted March 4, 2005 Report Share Posted March 4, 2005 Wicked ill have to check that out over here at home Depot... i guess lights go cheap BTW that tank looks AMAZING! how larege and whats in there? Garrett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishManTy Posted March 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2005 (edited) Thats a 150gallon (5'x2'x2'). Gots lots of fishies in there. Red flush breeding group, 8 F1 tropheops, 6 red fin borleyi, 6 yellow tail acei, 5 elongtas mpanga, 9 electric yellows, 1 male taiwan reef, 4 red emp females... Im forgetting something... owell, yeah. Lots of nice fishies. in the picture of the crappy lights, at the top, you can see my overly colorful elongtas mpanga. He's hot. Gotta add. Since I've added more bright lights, my fish look twice as good! Mmm nice fishies Edited March 4, 2005 by FishManTy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted March 4, 2005 Report Share Posted March 4, 2005 Thanks for the pics Ty I gues the aquarium bulbs suck, goo dhting i never bought any. The 6500k bulbs look good. I'll probably end up getting those again. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi_luver Posted March 4, 2005 Report Share Posted March 4, 2005 Wicked i love them! we have some of the same bulbs here in a 4 foot light and its not in use but its this one I dont know if i could use it on my 75 gallon? could I? if i bulit a hood? and reflectors... Garrett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishManTy Posted March 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2005 All I did is throw th 15.99 ballast one top of the glass tops Works great When kyle gets home, msg him and see if he has any pictures of the top he made. It looks awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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