RE: lights was CO2 Usage Question

[Scott <zerelli@yahoo.com>]

The lights I am refering to are really only for
applications where you want high light like plants. If
you just want to light tank racks, almost every major
chain store that carries lighting sells a 48" fixture
for around $10.

--- "Gary V. Friedlund" <friedlundg@orbitel.com>
wrote:
> 
> 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
> 712 N.W Kings Blvd
> Corvallis, OR 97330
> College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences
> Oregon State University
> office (Burt 222) # 737-3649, to be used wisely!
> yalleau@coas.oregonstate.edu
> 
> "When you're far from everything, you're getting
> closer to the essential"
> 
> 
> -----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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