B-Boy Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Hey Guys! Even though i know most of us may not do this for our nano, i know that some of you out there have larger tanks as well and may find this idea interesting. Some people out there probably have thought of using sunlight as their tank light, but after a little bit of research found out that the light from a window is not nearly enough to support corals. So some people decided to try and use Solar Tubes. If you don't know what i am talking about, Solar Tubes are tubes that go through the roof of your house that capture sunlight and reflect it down the tube to bring natural light into you house, sort of like a sky, light just more concentrated. Here are some links: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.p...hreadid=1457056 http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i122/JMBoehling/ Btw both of these guys use supplemental Actinic light and if you have any more info or links to people talking on this subject feel free to post! B-Boy Link to comment
Squared Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 That's really cool! I thought of something like this before, but I didn't know these things actually existed. Link to comment
Nate Dawg Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 I have the solatube brand of solar tube in my bedroom. I've never thought of using one for an aquarium. Wouldn't installing it cost a little more than just using aquarium lighting? The corals aren't nearly as brightly colored in the picture with the solar tubes. Also, I like to have my aquarium lights turn on later so I can see the tank when I come home. But I'll definately be following this one. Link to comment
anemone fan Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Hey Guys! Even though i know most of us may not do this for our nano, i know that some of you out there have larger tanks as well and may find this idea interesting. Some people out there probably have thought of using sunlight as their tank light, but after a little bit of research found out that the light from a window is not nearly enough to support corals. So some people decided to try and use Solar Tubes. If you don't know what i am talking about, Solar Tubes are tubes that go through the roof of your house that capture sunlight and reflect it down the tube to bring natural light into you house, sort of like a sky, light just more concentrated. Here are some links: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.p...hreadid=1457056 http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i122/JMBoehling/ Btw both of these guys use supplemental Actinic light and if you have any more info or links to people talking on this subject feel free to post! B-Boy Looks pretty damn cool. Link to comment
B-Boy Posted January 30, 2011 Author Share Posted January 30, 2011 Ya, I see all of those points Nate. The only reason you might have them is to save money ( mainly if you were useing metal halids) and maybe for the look of natural light. It is all in one's own opinion. For some people it might work out great, for other maybe not so... I thought it was a cool idea too and saw nobody had mentioned it. B-Boy Link to comment
matt frizz Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Wow this is awesome. I've thought about this before but could never figure out how it would work out. Link to comment
CoralWhisperer Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 It looks awesome, but just like it says in the first link, your photoperiod is limited by position of the sun. Link to comment
B-Boy Posted January 30, 2011 Author Share Posted January 30, 2011 Here are some more videos: But as i said before they do also use actinic lights with them. B-Boy Link to comment
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