Hey guys.
Got my hellolights.com shipment in today, very pleased with the order. Everything looks very high quality.
Here is the 6700 bulb I ordered. This should help the chaeto grow better. The newer one is on the bottom.
Here are the sockets. Look pretty standard, hopefully they will work tomorrow when I set this all up.
Here is the DIY retrofit kit for the 13 watt actinic. Hopefully I can figure this out, looks like the reflector might interfere with the MH light and cast a shadow. Hopefully the tank is small enough where it won't matter.
The stripping begins.....
Here it is now. I'm thinking about putting the MH on the top of the canopy, and having the actinic bulb be on the front, like where my 2 20 watt bulbs were. I would put them both on the top but I'm worried that there will be a shadow from how big the ballast is on the actinic, or one side of the tank will be more "lit up" than another.
I'm going to construct this tomorrow, any thoughts about what to do until then? I'm a little bummed on how deep the actinic's socket is...
Otherwise, this should all be done by tomorrow!
Cya guys,
Ben