Hi...I'm not sure if this will work, but, I decided to see if there was a way to avoid all this retrofit stuff. I have a 24G Nano Cube DX with LEDs. Unfortunately, I would have liked to have added more light to my hood, but, as a professional, I don't have that much time to tinker. I called Chris at Nanocustoms and he is not doing any more mods on my type of cube. Well...I wanted a refugium, so, for the time being I'm staying with the stock setup.
Last year, I set up some lighting for an outdoor water feature that I have in my backyard. The lights are submersible and have 10 watts of quartz halogen light. From what I could research, the light gives off light in the 3000K range. The light is OK if not submerged, but, 20watts or higher it should be under water. I pulled one of the lights out from the feature and wouldn't you know it: it fits perfectly between the two fans in the back of the hood right over the middle chamber where the refugium is usually placed.
Right now, my tank is undergoing it's 'dry run'. With stock lighting, a swapped out Maxijet 1200 filter and 100 watt Ebo Jager heater, the temp settled in at 78.9 degrees. I cut the heater back a bit to ensure no added heater component above the desirable setpoint (78 degrees). I placed the light and now I'm running with the stock lights on and the 'fuge light' to check for temps. So, the jury is still out on this. If the heat is in satisfactory range, then one would still have to see if macroalgae would survive.I'll post my results. SH Here are the pix:
Submersible light (Egglite)
Light in the hood
Last year, I set up some lighting for an outdoor water feature that I have in my backyard. The lights are submersible and have 10 watts of quartz halogen light. From what I could research, the light gives off light in the 3000K range. The light is OK if not submerged, but, 20watts or higher it should be under water. I pulled one of the lights out from the feature and wouldn't you know it: it fits perfectly between the two fans in the back of the hood right over the middle chamber where the refugium is usually placed.
Right now, my tank is undergoing it's 'dry run'. With stock lighting, a swapped out Maxijet 1200 filter and 100 watt Ebo Jager heater, the temp settled in at 78.9 degrees. I cut the heater back a bit to ensure no added heater component above the desirable setpoint (78 degrees). I placed the light and now I'm running with the stock lights on and the 'fuge light' to check for temps. So, the jury is still out on this. If the heat is in satisfactory range, then one would still have to see if macroalgae would survive.I'll post my results. SH Here are the pix:
Submersible light (Egglite)
Light in the hood
