dustinfeint
Aquarium Advice Activist
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- Mar 13, 2013
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my friend, welcome to the common sense world.
Im not sure i follow?
my friend, welcome to the common sense world.
Im not sure i follow?
it means that it's common sense to go to home improvement stores to look up items that the specialty stores sell at jacked up prices. a lot of time people just overlook other alternatives. for example the light you see at the pet stores, like you said, is a scam. Also you can find the timer in Home depot at fraction of the cost.
i thought they're invasive species? won't they spread like fire on top of the tank?
This is true. I am hoping that they will cover the top of my tank to replicate an Amazon sunken forest type deal.
but that will block the light for the rest of your tank, won't it?
That sounds like a fun idea.
That's where I get all my lighting now, I don't even know how much money I have saved by doing DIY from Lowes/Home Depot. I made the light for my 55 gallon for $60 and I have amazing plant growth with only 4 23 watt 6500k CFLs.
It's not super sexy but it works!
I actually like the lighting setup you have going...looks cool&beats paying a couple hundred or even more when it comes to buying the so called correct lighting from lfs's by a long shot..like the ingenuity..