What happens when fishkeepers get bored?

Orion

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#8
hehe, I thought you just did it for the hell of it. But since your not trying to get the light down to any corals, any reason you couldn't raise it up a good distance above the tank if you wanted to use it? This should take care of the heat problem, as well as dissipate a lot of the light before it even hits the surface of the water.

I would still think you might end up with an algae farm though.
 

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hehe, I thought you just did it for the hell of it. But since your not trying to get the light down to any corals, any reason you couldn't raise it up a good distance above the tank if you wanted to use it? This should take care of the heat problem, as well as dissipate a lot of the light before it even hits the surface of the water.

I would still think you might end up with an algae farm though.
Problem is like stated above. The amount of light in the room. My desk is right beside the tank to the right and with it hanging that high i get an eyeful when i sit down haha. But you are right, no reason it can't be done.
 

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#11
Pft. Think lamp shade :) I have seen people build a canopy for a tank, but with no top, and have the actual lights suspended but resting just inside the canopy to keep the spill over in the area to a minimum.

That's one way, but I do think you could make something like a lamp shade to difuse or cut out the light all together to put right on the lamp.