Ketso
Aquarium Advice Freak
Hello everyone.
I thought I would share some pictures of my light fixture. I have a question to ask also. But first, I will tell you about it.
I bought everything I needed for this at Home Depot for under $70. It could have cost me much less if I would have had the lumber on hand like I normally do. And if, I hadn't decided to use toggle switches. I used them so I could turn off 3 bulbs and leave one (going to be a red bulb) on for night viewing.
I can barely walk into my shop/garage due to it being full of my mothers stuff. She fell on hard times and I had to move her in with us. But that's another story for another day. So, I built the box in my driveway on a 20*F day using a handsaw, circular saw, hammer & nails and glue. Oh! And I used a RotoZip to fix an "oops". All in all, I think it turned out decent.
I intend to do a much nicer unit when I can use real tools to do so. I also intend to paint it once the temperature rises this spring.
Here some pics. A question to follow.
In this last photo, where the bulbs attach on the right, you can see my "oops". I made an error in my measurements of the bulbs and the sockets and hade to remove a bit of material to get them to fit. Oh well, you cant see it from the outside.
My question. I was thinking of adding a piece of plexiglass or maybe screen to the bottom (between the tank and the bulbs). Do you think this is necessary? The bulbs will be 4-6 inches above the water I think. I know fish can jump pretty well. But do you think they would jump up into the light fixture?
I thought I would share some pictures of my light fixture. I have a question to ask also. But first, I will tell you about it.
I bought everything I needed for this at Home Depot for under $70. It could have cost me much less if I would have had the lumber on hand like I normally do. And if, I hadn't decided to use toggle switches. I used them so I could turn off 3 bulbs and leave one (going to be a red bulb) on for night viewing.
I can barely walk into my shop/garage due to it being full of my mothers stuff. She fell on hard times and I had to move her in with us. But that's another story for another day. So, I built the box in my driveway on a 20*F day using a handsaw, circular saw, hammer & nails and glue. Oh! And I used a RotoZip to fix an "oops". All in all, I think it turned out decent.
I intend to do a much nicer unit when I can use real tools to do so. I also intend to paint it once the temperature rises this spring.
Here some pics. A question to follow.
In this last photo, where the bulbs attach on the right, you can see my "oops". I made an error in my measurements of the bulbs and the sockets and hade to remove a bit of material to get them to fit. Oh well, you cant see it from the outside.
My question. I was thinking of adding a piece of plexiglass or maybe screen to the bottom (between the tank and the bulbs). Do you think this is necessary? The bulbs will be 4-6 inches above the water I think. I know fish can jump pretty well. But do you think they would jump up into the light fixture?