[jollopee]

Well I finished the new hood for my tank last weekend and got all the reflectors mounted with new waterproof endcaps and a larger array of bulbs.

2 6500 sunlights
2 aquablue plus
1 actinic +
2 actinic
1 10k
3 led moonlights
1 3" fan
4 ballasts

All of the ballasts and on off switches came out of a cheap t-5 light that I bought on ebay that only had 1 solid flat reflector. So I built my hood and purchased the endcaps and standoffs and some new bulbs and reflectors and started working. There is a HUGE difference between the 1 single reflector that I had above all 8 lights and the individual reflectors that I installed for each single bulb. I did have to kind of bend 2 of the reflectors so they werent open so much so that I could fit all 8 of them up under the hood,also I had to offset 4 of the lights on the front part of the hood that opens so they would fit and the rear 4 lights fit perfectly so I didnt need to offset those and the back section of the hood does not open. All of the ballasts I mounted on the back of the hood. Took me the better part of a day to build and install everything.

[BubbaWPB]

Looks good! ...did you forget the picture of the tank with the lights on?

[jollopee]

With lights on ....I still need to stain the hood but hey, rome wasnt built in a day right.

[BubbaWPB]

Nice!

[charlie]

Originally Posted by jollopee

With lights on ....I still need to stain the hood but hey, rome wasnt built in a day right.

I have heard that saying before
Looking good man, can you take a pic with just the moonlites on for us?

[jollopee]

yeah, I tried that but it I cant get the picture to turn out. It looks good though, I get an awesome ripple affect

Todd

[The Grim Reefer]

Need some shades for them poor fish. Looks nice.