lighting, was Re: Cryptocryne

["Andrew Faust" <andrewfaust@alum.mit.edu>]

Regarding lighting:
    I'm trying to set up a nice tank for my living room, something that my
wife will not object to seeing. Therefore I need some good lighting, better
than the crappy perfecto hood I've got now, for my 25gal tank. (the top
measures 12"x24".) It can't just be a shop-lite hung from the ceiling,
unfortunately.
    Does anyone have any recommendations for what to use? I think I'd like
to use a couple of 24" T12 bulbs to get the light all the way down in that
deep tank, but I don't want to spend an arm and a leg for it. If anyone has
any suggestions for brands/suppliers of manufactured hoods I'd appreciate
it. I'm not really into making my own, but if that's the only way, then I'll
do it.
    Thanks.

Andrew Faust


-----Original Message-----
From: John Wubbolt <BigJohnW@webtv.net>
To: apisto@majordomo.pobox.com <apisto@majordomo.pobox.com>
Date: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 7:42 PM
Subject: Re: Cryptocryne


....With
quite a few of the plants I listed above you need some intense lighting
to get them to grow, which you do, but I have not found the bright light
to bother apistos. They just melt into the plants if they want a little
cover.   The myth that Apistos hate bright lights is not always true.
I've found in some really heavily planted tanks the fish did really
well.




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