Lava glow affect?....

[Hotsauce808]

thinking about working my rock work and sand so the refugium light will glow the bottom if my rock work like under water lava kinda like a what yould see in big island kinda..... Any toughts????

 

[Dtackett]

you talking about having red light come in from the bottom of the tank?

 

[saltyphish]

If you plan on using red lights take care red is known to cause problems with algae

 

[Dtackett]

yeah, red lights are going to give algae the spectrum they want. its going to be a losing battle.

 

[chimmike]

my question: how is the light going to shine from below with the tank on a proper stand?

 

[CuzzA]

What the heck. Do it. You can always turn them off if you don't like it.

Excess nutrients will always be the cause of algae. Light spectrum is a limiting factor.

Common float glass tanks do not require support in the center. Just the bottom rim.

If you have hallow areas under rocks or a stack like a volcano you could get submersible LEDs. I'd use 12 volt dc marine lights commonly attached to the stern of a boat. You can find them pretty cheap on eBay.

 

[chimmike]

those transom lights for boats would require he drill a hole in the bottom of the tank to run the wires.

 

[CuzzA]

Nope. Just run the wire toward a corner of the tank and out. They are completely sealed.

 

[chimmike]

I know they're sealed, but most have the wire run through the bottom and some portion sticks in thru a hole in the transom. Course, I haven't looked at the flat mount ones because I want a clean look on my transom.

 

[Dtackett]

it doesn't matter how many nutrients there are if there isn't enough light to grow them. nutrients, flow and light are all equal in the cause and treatment of most algaes.