RoninBoxers Posted February 12, 2005 Report Share Posted February 12, 2005 Greetings All! Back with another question :oops: I've decided my tank needs moonlighting (more for my fun than the fish!) I've looked at LED moonlights and Cold cathode. I'm considering CC because it has less of a tendancy to spotlight. NEway, my question is this. Would the light from a 12" cathode diffuse sufficiently through a 30" tank? I don't really want to shell out on 2 Basically I just don't want a harsh difference between the dark and light areas in the tank when its on. Don't mind dark corners, fish would probably like that. Thanks! Helene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted February 12, 2005 Report Share Posted February 12, 2005 Yeah, the light from one should be heaps. Possibly even too much, I tried just a little 8 watt PC light as a moonlight on my cichlid tank once, even with a cloth wrapped around it, it was too much light and kept the fish up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoninBoxers Posted February 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2005 cool, thanx! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiverJohn Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 I had a similar idea a while ago and looked in to the CC tubes but they struck me a too expensive at the time. Any hoo your post prompted me to do another search... Came across these... http://www.coolcases.co.nz/ click on the "Lights" section - small blue neons for $15, CC tubes $20. And another http://www.stylespc.co.nz/xcart/customer/product.php?productid=3079&cat=125&page=1 CCBlue Tube $15. Heaps more on searchnz.co.nz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slash Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 how did u get it to work on the normal wall plug? (how did u connect the molex and stuff) ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiverJohn Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Never got this working.... the idea was to use a 12 volt halogen transformer (about $10 from hardware strore) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misnoma Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 I have a midnight blue cold cathode for my marine tank, cost me $16 including inverter etc, then a $30 12V power supply from jaycar. Worked great in testing, then I stood on the tube need to get another one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 If you do a search on TM using "Blue Leds".. there's heaps of stuff there that you might be able to use Bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazymranch Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 There is also a source of electrolumiescent lighting called "exelite" that was originally designed by NASA to backlight instrument panels. It comes in a blue light strip does not generate any heat and is water resistant. I checked out their website at http://www.exelite.co.nz and it looks pretty cool. I think you can get them at bike shops because they are advertised as recreational safety gear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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