Diy Reflector

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Hello all!

I am a bit skint for cash, especially for 2 peices of shiny metal that cost like £10!

Anyway, i wanted to throw some ideas together regarding DIY reflectors and how to do them.

My idea is thus:

Tank: Trigon 190L
lights: 2x18w T8 tubes - 1 red and 1 white

The flap covers on the trigon are in 2 different shapes, one in a triangle and the other a rectangle with one elipsed edge.

I am thinking of sticking some tin foil using aquarium sealent to the underside of the flaps facing the lights, obviously the dull side is what i would use to adhese it to the flap and thus the shiny side would face down reflecting the light.

My concern is: With evaporation, would the water erode the tin foil in any way leading to metal poisoning of the water?

Thanks in advance for any and all opinions!

 

[shelaghfishface]

use kitchen foi (shiny side out)l. a good quality one tho

 

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use kitchen foi (shiny side out)l. a good quality one tho

That was my idea, so if its food safe its fish safe?

 

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anyone?

 

[loraxchick]

ive used homemade foil reflectors for years with no ill effect. do need to replace it after a while as the "shine" eventually gets dull. other than that, not one problem
cheers