freshwater moonlight

[michael]

I have seen fluorescent bulbs that can do this. Has anyone tried some kind of simulated moonlight?

 

[Lotus]

This thread might shed some light on it (pun intended)
http://www.myfishtank.net/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11819

 

[mamba]

well you can take a 12 volt car neon tube and mount it in your hood ... only prob is you will need a 12 volt power source .... i got lots of them in my vehicle

 

[tramca]

We bought a moonglo flourescent tube for our pirahna tank.....the fish came out more with the original one so we replaced it. Moonglo's are nice tho, aren't they supposed to be good for viewing nocturnal fish........?

 

[michael]

Not sure about the nocturnal viewing part... I was thinking on how so simulate natural moonlight cycles. They way I see it there are 8 different moon cycles. So I'm picturing a strip of incandescent bulbs having 8 different low watt settings, similar to a dimmer switch but done digitally. Along with a timer that tells each bulb when to turn on/off in a linear fashion..

Did I just invent something?

 

[fishdude07]

i wish theyd make darker blue flourescent lights...everything would be so much easier.

 

[TygGer]

They sell LEDs designed for moon lighting.

 

[fishdude07]

oh, really? where?

 

[TygGer]

Here's one, but they can be found for cheaper...

Click Here

 

[fishdude07]

how much cheaper are they in other places?

 

[1979camaro]

check out my recent thread in the DIY section...should be able to do some nice moonlighting for around $30...its really easy

 

[Purple]

The LFS moonlight flouros are more like daylight - way too strong.

Try using a gel sheet (transparent plastic coloured sheet) wrap to tone them down.

 

[AnotherLousy1]

Well, gang, I'm bumping up this thread, if you want to look for the LED moonlights, you can get them at hellolights.com. Just ordered two 3/4 to go with my 48" 4x65 watt aqualight. :::gettin' all giddy about setting up my 85 gallon:::

Here's the 1 watt:

http://store.yahoo.com/lamps-now/1wablmoglled.html

Here's the 3/4 watt:

http://store.yahoo.com/lamps-now/34wablmoglle.html

Hope this helps anyone who may want to see if this will work for them

AnotherLousy1

 

[magikaldude1]

you can get them on ebay don't know if it works out cheaper than making your own but its another place to get them from ebay