Cybernetic_Sasquatch Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Hello everybody! I am setting up an aquarium that I got from a friend about a month ago. It has a sump area in the back that is split into three sections, like a biocube. In one of these sections I was thinking of setting up a refugium, but my problem is that the section is pretty small and deep. I was thinking about using a JBJ nano-glo 4-led, but the back section of my tank is made of black acrylic so that won't work. Does anybody know of a small but powerful refugium light, or better still, a submersible led strip? Anything that will light up the refugium without illuminating the rest of the tank would be great. Thanks for the help. Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 InTank used to have a submersible one, not sure if it is still a thing. I used it years ago and it worked great. 1 Quote Link to comment
Cybernetic_Sasquatch Posted July 10, 2017 Author Share Posted July 10, 2017 Ok, Thanks Ill check that out Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 11 minutes ago, Cybernetic_Sasquatch said: Ok, Thanks Ill check that out If you can't find it, amazon has some products that appear to work the same. They are fountain lights, 10 watt Halogen bulbs. https://reefbuilders.com/2011/08/31/submersible-refugium-light/ And another, one has two bulbs: http://www.discount-pumps.biz/fountain-lights-lighting.html No idea how shady this website is though. 1 Quote Link to comment
Cybernetic_Sasquatch Posted July 10, 2017 Author Share Posted July 10, 2017 Wow, thank you so much. These lights will be perfect for my tank. Quote Link to comment
SeaFurn Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 I'm using this one in my IM14 contest tank. It's worked well so far! https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B010H5CJBA/ref=ya_aw_oh_bia_dp?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Quote Link to comment
Draco Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Sorry to hijack the thread, but I am looking for the intank submersible one. I can't seem to find any for sale, even on the intank website. Anyone have ideas? Quote Link to comment
Cybernetic_Sasquatch Posted July 10, 2017 Author Share Posted July 10, 2017 13 hours ago, Tamberav said: If you can't find it, amazon has some products that appear to work the same. They are fountain lights, 10 watt Halogen bulbs. https://reefbuilders.com/2011/08/31/submersible-refugium-light/ And another, one has two bulbs: http://www.discount-pumps.biz/fountain-lights-lighting.html No idea how shady this website is though. Tamberav included a link to a website that sells submersible halogen lights. I think that they are the same ones that were once sold on the InTank website Quote Link to comment
Cybernetic_Sasquatch Posted July 10, 2017 Author Share Posted July 10, 2017 You can also buy these lights off of amazon: https://www.amazon.com/American-Pond-Underwater-Finger-Transformer Quote Link to comment
Draco Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 26 minutes ago, Cybernetic_Sasquatch said: Tamberav included a link to a website that sells submersible halogen lights. I think that they are the same ones that were once sold on the InTank website the link leads to the intank website, but the lights are not on the website. I tried googling for them and nothing's coming up Quote Link to comment
Cybernetic_Sasquatch Posted July 10, 2017 Author Share Posted July 10, 2017 Did you go to the second link that Tamberav sent? I also sent a link to Amazon, which I think sells the same light. The lights are no longer on the InTank website, I couldn't find them there either 1 Quote Link to comment
John L Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 I'm using an old ai prime now , highly configurable to get decent growth. And great for when doing sump maintenance. I tried submersible led which malfunctioned after two wks. Im sure u can buy a second hand prime for not a huge amount more. Quote Link to comment
Draco Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Thanks- ordered the one from amazon 1 Quote Link to comment
Five.five-six Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 On 7/10/2017 at 10:34 AM, Draco said: Thanks- ordered the one from amazon How did they work out? I am thinking the same thing for my fuge on my BC29 Quote Link to comment
Draco Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 So far, so good. my cheaetos hasn't died on me yet! Quote Link to comment
Five.five-six Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 5 minutes ago, Draco said: So far, so good. my cheaetos hasn't died on me yet! I've had cheato in chamber 2 with no lights for 2 weeks now and it hasn't died yet either, so ....... The one you got, it's the 7" version? Quote Link to comment
Draco Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 https://www.amazon.com/American-Pond-Underwater-Finger-Transformer/dp/B0103WCGTC?tag=viglink20358-20 This is the one I got Quote Link to comment
Five.five-six Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Oops, I got the other one and I'd like to mention that I h8 amazon. I put it in my cart and they say if you spend $9 more on eligible stuff, you get free same day shipping... so I hunt arround for $9 more in stuff and find some activated carbon packets and then they say, nop u have to pay shipping. Or nope you have to wait 5 days or you can join prime and have it today for free. I h8 this bait and switch crap. Quote Link to comment
Draco Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 I cancelled my Amazon Prime partly for that reason. it's not worth it anymore. I got it mainly for free 2 day shipping and the streaming videos.. which is stupid because you got to pay for most of those videos you want to watch anyway. Quote Link to comment
Five.five-six Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Another reason I h8 amazon, these things were ~$40 last time I got one at frys electronics. NEVER assume that amazon has the best, or even a reasonable price. https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B003D0WZKC/ref=dp_olp_new_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=new Quote Link to comment
AJ69 Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 On 7/10/2017 at 6:55 AM, SeaFurn said: I'm using this one in my IM14 contest tank. It's worked well so far! https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B010H5CJBA/ref=ya_aw_oh_bia_dp?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Are you getting a decent growth rate with this one? Quote Link to comment
SeaFurn Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 3 hours ago, AJ69 said: Are you getting a decent growth rate with this one? Yep - every couple of weeks I have to pull out some chaeto and then it regrows. The white setting works best. The light does burn it (turns it yellow) if it's too close to it. The main issue I have is the flow through the second chamber isn't all that fast so slime builds up on the netting I'm using to hold the chaeto in place. Hope this helps! Quote Link to comment
AJ69 Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Great, I just ordered the same one, thnxs for the feedback Quote Link to comment
SeaFurn Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Cool-let me know if you get the same kind of results! Quote Link to comment
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