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LIGHTS! Custom Lights...12 Bulb Tek Lights :)

Hey Guys so last night was a long one! I have two 6 bulb 3 foot Tek lights that I needed to put over my tank. Why two, you may ask and I would say because I have an odd tank that is 3 foot long by 3 foot wide by 2 foot tall. Next you may ask why not just 2 250w MH's and I would say because this tank is in my room and its hot enough in that place without MH's cooking me like a chicken. So here it is my custom 12 bulb 3 foot Tek light that took me from 8pm till 430am to build so my tank had light again in the morning :)

I stopped about halfway through and thought hey, yo guys might want to see this so I grabbed my camera.
So here is where we start...two perfectly working, in good condition, made in 2008, 6x39w Tek Lights

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Then I started to cut, and cut, and cut, and cut some more!

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After that was done I put it together to create the outer shell for my masterpiece

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Then I had to relocate the cords and switches all to one side

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Now I started to rewire this bizznich

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Next came the reflectors! Just about done only 5 hours later

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Now the lights and look at that baby glow

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DUDE!!! Killer DIY skillsss!!!!! That looks pro.

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Originally Posted by FishyFishy! (Post 633138)

DUDE!!! Killer DIY skillsss!!!!! That looks pro.

hahaha thanks mike you like it? I got some more tank shots with the new lights on ill post them up soon

Wow very clean set up you should be able to grow anything with that light. Just curious as you went with 2 3 ft t5 fixtures?

looks amazing.... slightly jealous!

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Originally Posted by BlueTang<3 (Post 633148)

Wow very clean set up you should be able to grow anything with that light. Just curious as you went with 2 3 ft t5 fixtures?

I had a 4 bulb wavepoint fixture from my previous 30 gallon over it and it just wasn't cutting it, so I went to find an 8 bulb 3 foot tek light, I did actually find one but I got out bid on eBay, so I did the next best thing. My tank is only 3 feet long so that was my max on length and I wanted more then 6 bulbs cus im going to have this tank for a while and don't know what im going to get into so I want to make sure I have enough light to do everything.

Plus having control over 4 different sections means I can mess with bulb configurations and start up times as well as just having a few off for the softies

Holy mother i was gonna say i love the rockscape, then i scrolled down and saw the lights. THAT IS AWESOME. turning out great. nice diy skills.

Just fipped through you build, I love your rock work very nicely done. That light mod was awesome as well, you have some great DIY skills for sure.

Nice job!