bowfront26 Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 will this work for my T-5's? Any other cheap ideas? Link to comment
greatwit Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 tin foil can leach into the water eventually. white paint is a pretty good choice, or polish your own aluminum from the hardware store. Link to comment
Spineless Posted July 11, 2004 Share Posted July 11, 2004 You can use titanium oxide and some elbow grease to polish. You can also electroplate silver onto a sheet of smooth aluminum and have the best reflective surface available. It would probably only cost you $10 to do that. Link to comment
bowfront26 Posted July 11, 2004 Author Share Posted July 11, 2004 Thanks guys. I try to polish some aluminum. I have a glass cover so the tin foil probably would work but just to be safe. Link to comment
reef hugger Posted July 11, 2004 Share Posted July 11, 2004 The indoor growing center in my area has some reflective mylar film that is supposed to have like 95% reflectivety. I haven't had the chance to look at this stuff, but my LFS told me about it. It might be worth looking into. Link to comment
flyboy01 Posted July 11, 2004 Share Posted July 11, 2004 Go to wallmart, or autozone and find some cheap mudflaps with the thin chrome metal sheets, or a cheap cookie sheet, or just a small mirror. Link to comment
RobinsonFam1 Posted July 11, 2004 Share Posted July 11, 2004 you could use a locker mirror. they are made of plastic and are easily bent like acrylic to the shape you need. they also make mirrored acrylic too! Link to comment
Deleted User 8530 Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 Okey. I asked this same Question for my Planted tank and wha they said was Completly Diffrent! What they said was that tin foil Would dissipate the light instead of reflecting it From all the Ripples in it. They Also said that it would be better with no reflecter or even a White one. Well just some1 elses 2 cents Link to comment
bowfront26 Posted July 14, 2004 Author Share Posted July 14, 2004 I went ahead and painted it with a white glossy enamel paint. Looks pretty good....thanks Link to comment
ReeferMonkey Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 T5s really do best with Sunlight Supply reflectors. Link to comment
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