Moon light

[BakerBoy17]

Anyone have any ideas on how to diy a moon light for my 75G and my 32G?

 

[jcolon]

Blue colored LED christmas lights is a simple DIY. Or a real el cheapo method I saw on youtube .... someone slide a dark blue cellophane like plastic paper under their regular tank lights. Just look up DIY moonlights.

 

[BakerBoy17]

Thanks. I wasn't really sure what to do.

 

[alex07]

You can go to an autopart store and buy the led strips they have. All you have to do is strip the wires and connect it to a 12v wall adapter.

 

[BakerBoy17]

Do they have blue ones?

 

[alex07]

Do they have blue ones?

Yes, I bought the 8" blue led strip which is two 4" strips for my 12 gallon. They have several lengths. Below is a pic of my tank, I appologize for the blurry pic it was taking with my cellphone.

 

[BakerBoy17]

Oh that's pretty cool. Ill try to go tomorrow.

 

[maxwellag]

Can you give me a link to the led light strips you bought? They are awesome!

 

[BakerBoy17]

That's what I was thinking. But he said he just went to the auto parts store

 

[dollabill420]

Cold cathode tubes they use in computers works pretty good

 

[BakerBoy17]

I'm liking all these great ideas. Thanks for the comments

 

[alex07]

These are the ones I bought from autozone. You can find them cheaper on ebay.

 

[BakerBoy17]

Would a black light work?

 

[dollabill420]

Would a black light work?

Black lights look magical, I find some of the led lights to be too bright IMO, if your substrate is clearly visible it's a good sign your a tad over powered, accenting the top of plants and decor is a good start

 

[BakerBoy17]

Oh thanks for telling me. I honestly didn't know that

 

[alex07]

Black lights look magical, I find some of the led lights to be too bright IMO, if your substrate is clearly visible it's a good sign your a tad over powered, accenting the top of plants and decor is a good start

In small tanks you will always your substrate no matter what type of leds you use

 

[alex07]

In small tanks you will always your substrate no matter what type of leds you use

In small tanks you will always see your substrate no matter what type of leds you use. Sorry for the typo.

 

[BakerBoy17]

Oh well I have a 32G and a 75G

 

[dollabill420]

In small tanks you will always your substrate no matter what type of leds you use

Yeh this is true, they could be very dim and would still penetrate a 10 gallon no problem, fish don't seem to mind either way a great deal they still rest, iv heard that there is certain color spectrums fish can't see kinda like reptiles can't really see blue/red I'm not sure how true this is but would be interesting if someone knew for sure

 

[BakerBoy17]

Ya it would. And that's an experiment that wouldn't hurt the fish. They should try