Aquarium Hood Help

[emmuscat]

Hello . these last 4 weeks a have been biulding my new aquarium so far i went along ,but today i started DIJ my hood for my 6 feet aquarium and i havw some questions to ask please.


1- What colour sould i paint the hood from inside and what paint to use? The outside of the hood will be black to match the aquarium

2 - What lights sould i use and what watts, i have no planes to grow plants in in ,i biuld the tank for Malawi Ciclids .

i will try to attace photos so you have an idea how the hood look .

Thanks for your help

Emmanuel
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[Biulu]

Wow, that looks really good! Did you make everything yourself?!

Unfortunately I cannot give you any advice on the hood (not so much of a DIY'er myself), but on the lights, I have been advised to take 'blue' lamps for tropical tanks to get the colour out of your fish, if you are not going planted. You could take for instance the blue sky Royal from Sera (12000 K), or from JBL the kongo-white full spectrum.

Good luck, and let us know how you advance! Would be nice to see the whole aquarium set up !

 

[emmuscat]

Hi yes i did all the job ,but as i said i am confused about the lights . How much tubes i put or bulbs

Thanks

 

[Biulu]

The wattage in this case is not so important, as you will only want to see your fish well, with beautiful colours. I am a metric system person, but if you would take 1 tube covering the length of your tank, you should be ok, and as I said take a blueish colour.

I have been told to put these in the front, but I have 'yellowish' light too for my plants, so I think if you simply put it in the middle so the lights gets everywhere, you'll be ok.

 

[emmuscat]

Any more help please , so i decide and finish the job

Thanks