baron von bubba
Member
hi,
i bought some green/false tetras over the weekend and wandering how would the best way of lighting the tank to really bring out the bright blue?
The fish dont show the same vivid bright blue as they did in the LFS tank unless i'm stood looking down at the front glass.
i have a luminaire which is about 6 inches above the water in the centre of the tank, the LFS tanks are lit with a tube just above the water line and at the front of the tank.
so i guess if i fit a tube in a simular place i will get a similar effect.
i have 4x54w t5 tubes, so dont really need or want to increase my lighting power any significant amount.
so this brings me to my question, what would be an cheap effective method of providing the extra lighting to make the fish really stand out? T8's, LED's another T5?
any thoughts or suggestions gladly recieved! :0)
i bought some green/false tetras over the weekend and wandering how would the best way of lighting the tank to really bring out the bright blue?
The fish dont show the same vivid bright blue as they did in the LFS tank unless i'm stood looking down at the front glass.
i have a luminaire which is about 6 inches above the water in the centre of the tank, the LFS tanks are lit with a tube just above the water line and at the front of the tank.
so i guess if i fit a tube in a simular place i will get a similar effect.
i have 4x54w t5 tubes, so dont really need or want to increase my lighting power any significant amount.
so this brings me to my question, what would be an cheap effective method of providing the extra lighting to make the fish really stand out? T8's, LED's another T5?
any thoughts or suggestions gladly recieved! :0)