No Lighting!

shift_9k

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#1
My lighting for my nano right now doesnt have anything for night time lighting! What can I do, i'll take a pic of whats under the hood if it will help. Thanks guys my cycle is done, did a water change yesterday, but wanna get this solved before i add anything.
 

shift_9k

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#3
Where can i get them and how could I install them? I keep my daylights on since the cycle is done now, from around 10am til 11pm.... and then the room lights provide ample ambient light.... I'll take a pic of the hood.
 

CoolWaters

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#5
looks like theres quite a bit of room above the bulb. LED are commonly sold in a computer store. for thos people that have customs towers. a Lighting shop should have then too. if you can fine any good ones theres always ebay.

i got these 2w white/blue led bulbs for about $1 each shipped. not using it right now but their great.
 

shift_9k

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#8
Yea got something similar on ebay. I dont know if anyone can answer this, cuz its kind of a stupid question. I was thinkin of when i got my cleaner crew, that once the bag is in the tank for acclimation, the tank will over flow! And being that its a nano, i dont wanna keep adding water of close to different salinity. So what would be the best way to acclimate the fish then, should I just keep a bucket full of water at all times, just in case?
 

ram man

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Apr 16, 2005
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#11
I second the drip acclimation method. Fish can be shocked by sudden change of ph and salinity, so can inverts. For fish and inverts I drip for 1 hour to be on the safe side.
 

Lotus

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#12
Take some water out of your tank while you acclimate the fish, keep it in a fish bucket, then put it back when you're done (to allow for displacement of the bag).

Of course, you'll be throwing out some of the tank water when you throw out the acclimation water anyway, so you'll need to make up some water. Once the saltwater is mixed, it keeps for a while, so you could keep a spare bucket of mixed up water on hand, just in case.
 

TheFool

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#16
Moonlighting is very pretty , but low on the list of things to get i.m.o. I would worry more about upgrading the standard daytime lighting if I was looking to spend money....
 

CoolWaters

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#18
dont u need to pump air or circulate the water? Low levels of dissolved oxygen will be stressful. and make sure its heated to a good temp before butting it in there.

btw does anyone use stress coats in there water?