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 Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 1:10 pm Post subject: Triangular Tank - Lighting |
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Hi
I have made a triangular tank for my living room.... And need help for the lighting part.....
Link for the Triangular Tank
http://indianaquariumhobbyist.com/community/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=245769#245769
Posting 2 pics for the lighting.......
Picture 1
I want to know how can I place the tubes under the hood. Given are the 3 options which came to my mind for the setup.
The 2 holes in the hood are for the fan inlet and outlet.
Picture 2
This the picture of tube was taken at a friend's place. This is a thin tube , around 1-1.5" in diameter, Oreva manufacturer, comes in different sizes. This one is a 28W tube, and lights just like a CFL bulb, no ballast needed. I wonder if I can use this kind of tubes for lighting...
Waiting for suggestions and comments......
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| Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 2:30 pm Post subject: Re: Triangular Tank - Lighting |
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Dear Ansh
The tubes comes in 4 ft and 2 feet lengths.
Which ones do you propose to use. Also check for the power. the 28 watts one and the 14 watts one( 2 ft) have different color temperatures. The 2 ft ones are IMO 5400K only.
these are considered equivalent to T5/T4. |
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| Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 2:48 pm Post subject: Re: Triangular Tank - Lighting |
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Thanks Srinivas for your reply !!!!
I'm planning to use the 2ft ones but 5400k will be ok for my tank ???
BTW, which option you think I should gor for according to the Picture 1 ??
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| Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 3:01 pm Post subject: Re: Triangular Tank - Lighting |
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what is the length of the tube...t hat you have seen??? I think you will get 2ftr in shops...I also have seen these are common...
Wait for some more expert opinion...
Again as per my opinion if now you are not going for planted just use one tube, because when you will able to get ready to set a planted tank those tubes will lost there power, right??
Also if your planted tank is 90gal, then you need min (90*1.5)what to (90*3.5)watt so you can easily understand your three 28watt tubes will not be enough.
Another issue is your tank height(2ft), in your other thread early posts from JACK-- good to go for MH.
Other issue is due to this huge light setting your water will be warm enough, so some more fans also required… |
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| Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 3:36 pm Post subject: Re: Triangular Tank - Lighting |
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Thanks Partha for your reply !!
I'm planning to go for 2ft tubes..... I will see if I can get tubes of more wattage in the same category.....
Are these tubes available in more wattage ???
Extra fan for the hood will not be an issue.....
MH are not at all in the picture reason
1. Very Expensive (or you can say out my budget)
2. Power conusmption is very high
3. Produce a lot of heat , I might have to get an A.C. for my room
4. MH can not be fitted in the hood, so new setup for the MHs and waste of money for the already made hood.....
So a lot of reasons for not going for MH....
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| Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 4:55 pm Post subject: Re: Triangular Tank - Lighting |
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How about PLL's.
36W PLL is about 1.5FT which should do fine with your tank and surely they are good fro planted tank with 6500K color temp.
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| Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 5:03 pm Post subject: Re: Triangular Tank - Lighting |
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Thanks Yaza for your reply !!
I was also going through some of the manufacturers and came across this link........
http://www.havells.com/product.aspx?s=114
85W max is a great option for avoiding MH...... what say fellow members ???
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| Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 9:10 pm Post subject: Re: Triangular Tank - Lighting |
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Thanks Jack for your reply !!!
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| Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 11:52 am Post subject: Re: Triangular Tank - Lighting |
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| What is that tube pic you have put up ? It looks like a T5 tube light or is it something else ? |
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| Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 1:01 pm Post subject: Re: Triangular Tank - Lighting |
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Its a kind of light which turns just like a bulb/CFL.... and not like a tubelight which blinks first.....
There was no ballast or any such thing connected to this one ......
So is that a T5 tube, even i'm not sure about it..... No knowledge about T5-T8 etc.
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| Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 3:19 pm Post subject: Re: Triangular Tank - Lighting |
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| I looks like t5 to me. Is the bulb like a fluorescent tube ? |
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| Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 1:48 am Post subject: Re: Triangular Tank - Lighting |
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