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08-31-2011, 06:36 PM
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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  Then I started to cut, and cut, and cut, and cut some more!     After that was done I put it together to create the outer shell for my masterpiece    Then I had to relocate the cords and switches all to one side   Now I started to rewire this bizznich    Next came the reflectors! Just about done only 5 hours later  Now the lights and look at that baby glow  
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09-01-2011, 12:26 AM
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DUDE!!! Killer DIY skillsss!!!!! That looks pro.
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09-01-2011, 12:46 AM
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09-01-2011, 01:04 AM
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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?
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09-01-2011, 01:22 AM
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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
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09-01-2011, 01:52 AM
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Ok then so here it is. New lights New Corals, New fun!
Full Tank Shot, with Lovely Lisa (Candycane)   Lights from the top which are right now very ghetto-ly suspended, Light rack is the next project  Now the Coral          
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09-01-2011, 02:52 AM
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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!
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