I hope this is posted in the right place...
I am looking into upgrading the lighting on my 35 gallon goldfish aquarium, and have not been able to find much in Australia (specifically Sydney). Currently on the tank I have a two foot Dalbarb reflector with two tubes (18 watts each). Since this isn't really enough light to grow much, I wanted to upgrade the hood - I thought I'd be clever and buy normal fixtures from a hardware store instead of spending the exhorbitant prices at all the lfs. My problem is, nobody makes 3 foot lights except aquarium companies! But that's alright, no problem, I'll just buy two 2 foot fixtures with cords and stick them in my hood (while we're here - is it okay to put fixtures onto the "door" of the hood? The part that flips up for feeding?)... but no, it seems that they don't make 2 foot lights with cords. I'm not particularly handy, and don't fancy electrocuting myself, so don't really want to wire my own. For Aussie users, I have been to three different Bunnings, Hardware and General, **** Smith, Tandy's, and two wholesalers, all to no avail! There are small 1 foot fixtures (with cords) that give 60 watts of light, but these are somewhere around $50 each. I can buy a 3 foot single tube Dalbard fixture online for $74, so I don't really think it's worth $100 or $150 for two or three of these little 1 foot things........
Is there no where that I can buy cheap lights in Australia? Can anybody help me out?
Also - I haven't been able to find blue led lights (for moonlights)... would my best bet be a junk store? I've heard of American users buying strings of blue led lights for $10 or so - all of the fairy lights I've seen here are $15 - $30....
Is there any way?!
How funny, it censored the shop.... anyway... Aussies will know what I meant.
I am looking into upgrading the lighting on my 35 gallon goldfish aquarium, and have not been able to find much in Australia (specifically Sydney). Currently on the tank I have a two foot Dalbarb reflector with two tubes (18 watts each). Since this isn't really enough light to grow much, I wanted to upgrade the hood - I thought I'd be clever and buy normal fixtures from a hardware store instead of spending the exhorbitant prices at all the lfs. My problem is, nobody makes 3 foot lights except aquarium companies! But that's alright, no problem, I'll just buy two 2 foot fixtures with cords and stick them in my hood (while we're here - is it okay to put fixtures onto the "door" of the hood? The part that flips up for feeding?)... but no, it seems that they don't make 2 foot lights with cords. I'm not particularly handy, and don't fancy electrocuting myself, so don't really want to wire my own. For Aussie users, I have been to three different Bunnings, Hardware and General, **** Smith, Tandy's, and two wholesalers, all to no avail! There are small 1 foot fixtures (with cords) that give 60 watts of light, but these are somewhere around $50 each. I can buy a 3 foot single tube Dalbard fixture online for $74, so I don't really think it's worth $100 or $150 for two or three of these little 1 foot things........
Is there no where that I can buy cheap lights in Australia? Can anybody help me out?
Also - I haven't been able to find blue led lights (for moonlights)... would my best bet be a junk store? I've heard of American users buying strings of blue led lights for $10 or so - all of the fairy lights I've seen here are $15 - $30....
Is there any way?!
How funny, it censored the shop.... anyway... Aussies will know what I meant.