NEW LIGHTS BY NIKO!!!! My lights are done and installed. The fixture is beautiful. The light has 5 - 80 watt Giesemann Midday T5HO bulbs. It has 3 circuits. 3 bulbs on for 12 hrs and a 1 hour noon-time burst with 2 others on. I will go slowly with the noon-time burst and increase as necessary watching for any signs of algae. NIKO IS AMAZING!!! I do have some shaded edges but Niko says if we need to we can put some LED lights there. We will see how it works. More about how the light was made is here
http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/f...new-light.html
Its only been 1 day and already I see my R. Macrandra and R Wallichi shooting out new growth! It's amazing!!
The fixture is beautiful. It sits on the top of my tank and has little rubber feet on which it rests. It's amazingly lightweight. There is not much heat at all. The top is dense black screening. The entire fixture is about 2" thick. Niko designed and made the hinges! He is amazing!!! Here are some pxs.
Overall view - see how slim - hardly bigger than the tank trim!! AMAZING!!
Hood open with only 3 bulbs lit.
View of back -see the hinges Niko designed
Side view so you can get an idea of how slim it is.
Now I'm posting some tank shots so that you will be able to see a BEFORE and AFTER with this light's growth. My tank has really taken a hit in the last three months. We have had remodeling, and travel. It has not been consistently maintained or with CO2 consistent. I have lost some plants (my ranunculus
, L pantanal
, most of my R. Hippuris
) If you look closely you will see the new growth that has occurred in just one and a half days! AMAZING!!
Left side
Right side
Middle
Re: 125G Rescape 
Especially with my precious little Oto's being such easy prey! I'll have to get myself whipped into shape from now on. 
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