What's the best way to light a 2G hex?

[Anonymous]

I have a 2G hex that I used to keep crawfish and ghost shrimps in. It has been sitting empty for 6 - 8 months. I think I might set it up at my office. I think I'll just keep a mix of shrooms and polyps in it. That way CA demand will be low.

What would be the best way to light this tank. It came with a hood that held a 15W incan bulb, but I threw it out.

What would you profesional pico'rs do? :wink:

Louey

 

[brandon4291]

Hey Louie the perfect light for that is a 13w PC x1 or x2. Hellolights and aquaticeco.com both sell a 15-20$ version, and you swap the daylight bulbs out with some 13w 50/50s that go for about 7-11$ apiece.

I get mine from www.aquaticeco.com and the bulbs from hellol.com

heres a pic:

http://www.aquaticeco.com/aquatic1v1/it ... temid=9693


Good luck and get up pics of this new setup when you can. It will be simple to maintain with zoos and shrooms, looks great on a desk with mini bright lights.

 

[brandon4291]

and the bulb replacement ( the light only comes with a full daylight pc)

http://www.hellolights.com/13w5010dayac.html

 

[Anonymous]

Sweet Brandon. I was hoping to find a clip-on fixture like that. It ought to be perfect. I ordered it today.

I will post pics once it has something worth photographing in it.

Louey