Lighting for new 75g Bowfront

patsheridan · Jul 26, 2016

Just moved everything from a 35g bowfront to a 75g bowfront, and have taken the 4-bulb, 36" t-5 lighting and moved it over this new 48" tank. I have a 4-bulb T-5 48" canopy fixture I could move over this new set up instead of the 36", but am wondering if there are other options.

I am not super happy with the evening lighting I get, even when I turn off the two whites and run only the two blues. I am wondering if there are some sort of different lights I could add to either side of the current 36" fixture, to add better, prettier evening color. I could then redo the mixture of lights in the current fixture and run in only in the day hours.

Any thoughts? Here is a pic.

saltyfilmfolks · Jul 26, 2016

Add a simple led strip to ramp up and down in the morning and evening.
You can pick up the first version current orbit (no lens) pretty cheap now. I have one. There others avail too. It's two or three in wide and half in thick.
Works like a stunner strip too and adds some nice shimmer and keeps the t5 awaimeness.