RE: lights was CO2 Usage Question

["Gary V. Friedlund" <friedlundg@orbitel.com>]

Greetings Yvan,

I don't have a specific product in mind here but you should be able to get 
a "standard" 48" double flourescent fixture from any large home improvement 
center such as Home Depot, Menards or Lowes.  I don't know what's out in 
Oregon but even a hardware or electrical supply store should be able to get 
you these fixtures.  I've seen them from about $10 to $30 each and they 
hold 2 40 watt 48" bulbs.  You should be able to get them with a 3 or 6 
foot cord which you can plug into a wall outlet.  You can mount them on 
something above the tanks if you wish or attach them to the underside of 
the level above if you're using some sort of rack to stack tanks.

Check Home Depot SKU # 656779 just to show you what I'm talking about. 
 www.homedepot.com Search SKU #'s

I haven't checked into the other fixtures that Scott (???) was talking 
about below.

Happy to help,
Jason



hi garry,
could you please e-mail me off list concerning those lights you were 
talking
about?
thanks

 Yvan Alleau
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Oregon State University
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yalleau@coas.oregonstate.edu

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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-apisto@admin.listbox.com
[mailto:owner-apisto@admin.listbox.com]On Behalf Of Scott
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 5:42 AM
To: apisto@listbox.com
Subject: RE: lights was CO2 Usage Question


Hye Jason, I use the shoplights on some tanks, but if
you really want to grow plants then do not go for
cheap here. Actually its not really all *that*
expensive if you know where to look. AH Supply is a
WONDERFUL company that sells Compact Flourescent
lighting. I used three of their 96 watt bright kits on
my 125 and without any CO2 I get great plant growth,
almost too good. Some day I might add CO2, but
probably not until I have time to trim the plants.
THey sell a large variety of lighting solutions, and I
can tell you that if you go with them you will not be
disappointed.


--- "Gary V. Friedlund" <friedlundg@orbitel.com>
wrote:
> Thanks for the advice.  I hadn't thought that I
> could get away with not
> having CO2 in a larger planted tank but I'll have to
> check out the low
> requirement plants option like you mentioned.  Any
> thoughts on lighting
> cheap?  I'm thinking the cheapest so far would be
> 48" shop lights but other
> ideas are always welcome.
>
>
> Jason
>
>


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