Moonlight - Aquarium Advice

lovemybarbs · 04-25-2006, 09:05 AM

I'm going to be buying a new hood for the new tank. What is your moonlight set-up like? I know nothing about it. Is it an extra light strip??
TIA!!

tmcgee · 04-25-2006, 09:41 AM

Most of the moonlight setups are LED's. I think there is a bulb that puts out similar frequencies but I'm not totally positive. If you are handy, they are very easy to rig up by yourself and you can find multiple threads about it in the DIY section on this forum. HTH!!

DeathWarp · 04-25-2006, 11:58 AM

I used LED's for my set-up which I bought at the LFS.

TwoHobbies · 04-25-2006, 12:12 PM

There are a couple of pictures in my gallery of a DIY led strip in my stock hood.

lovemybarbs · 04-25-2006, 05:31 PM

those cords with the lights sort of seem complicated. What about this?

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Produc...&N=2004+113544

brant · 04-25-2006, 05:45 PM

I have exackly what you refrense to there it makes the tank look great but my nocturnal fish are still leery as it is avery bright lite for an L.E.D. I havto actually put a napkin under it to difuse the light a little to coax out my featherfin catfish and my black ghost.

lovemybarbs · 04-25-2006, 05:52 PM

I guarantee I get something that doesn't work.

Corey · 04-25-2006, 06:07 PM

www.thelebos.com
FTW

This moonlight system is what I have and will continue using. It is dimmable, which if you're like me, is a must because I sleep next to my tank, and without dimming the LED it is too bright at night. Great quality, good customer ervice, and you can just buy replacement strands if you upgrade your tank (which is what I'm doing).
No experience with the lunar tracker, but I just simulate it by slowly turning up the moonlight during the first 2 weeks of the month, and down for the last 2 weeks. I'm sure the tracker would be sweet though.

lovemybarbs · 04-25-2006, 06:34 PM

well that is where mine is going and I want to be able to watch the pleco swim around.

Corey · 04-25-2006, 07:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lovemybarbs

well that is where mine is going and I want to be able to watch the pleco swim around.

That's exactly why I bought mine. He doesn't seem to notice the light.

04-25-2006, 09:05 AM	#1
lovemybarbs Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: St. Louis, Missouri Posts: 856 Images: 5	Moonlight I'm going to be buying a new hood for the new tank. What is your moonlight set-up like? I know nothing about it. Is it an extra light strip?? TIA!!

04-25-2006, 11:58 AM	#3
DeathWarp Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 248	I used LED's for my set-up which I bought at the LFS. __________________ I Am The End.

04-25-2006, 05:45 PM	#6
brant Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Hazleton Pennsylvania Posts: 227	I have exackly what you refrense to there it makes the tank look great but my nocturnal fish are still leery as it is avery bright lite for an L.E.D. I havto actually put a napkin under it to difuse the light a little to coax out my featherfin catfish and my black ghost. __________________ Clarck that theres an RV.

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04-25-2006, 09:41 AM	#2
tmcgee Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Peshtigo, WI Posts: 105	Most of the moonlight setups are LED's. I think there is a bulb that puts out similar frequencies but I'm not totally positive. If you are handy, they are very easy to rig up by yourself and you can find multiple threads about it in the DIY section on this forum. HTH!!

04-25-2006, 12:12 PM	#4
TwoHobbies Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Western New York Posts: 357 Images: 9	There are a couple of pictures in my gallery of a DIY led strip in my stock hood.

04-25-2006, 05:31 PM	#5
lovemybarbs Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: St. Louis, Missouri Posts: 856 Images: 5	those cords with the lights sort of seem complicated. What about this? http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Produc...&N=2004+113544

04-25-2006, 05:52 PM	#7
lovemybarbs Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: St. Louis, Missouri Posts: 856 Images: 5	I guarantee I get something that doesn't work.

04-25-2006, 06:07 PM	#8
Corey Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Rochester Hills, MI Posts: 157	www.thelebos.com FTW This moonlight system is what I have and will continue using. It is dimmable, which if you're like me, is a must because I sleep next to my tank, and without dimming the LED it is too bright at night. Great quality, good customer ervice, and you can just buy replacement strands if you upgrade your tank (which is what I'm doing). No experience with the lunar tracker, but I just simulate it by slowly turning up the moonlight during the first 2 weeks of the month, and down for the last 2 weeks. I'm sure the tracker would be sweet though.

04-25-2006, 06:34 PM	#9
lovemybarbs Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: St. Louis, Missouri Posts: 856 Images: 5	well that is where mine is going and I want to be able to watch the pleco swim around.