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Old 03-21-2007, 12:06 PM   #11
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I've seen this fixture and those bulbs at HD before. Always thought it might do the trick. And obviously it does. Great idea!

-John N.

My girlfriend uses two of these desk lamps for her 7g bow front. She places one lamp on each side of her tank. It's working great. It's growing HC pretty nice and her blyxa japonica turned red.

Here's my 2.5g AGA nano tank:


The light is laying on top of a piece of glass that came with my nano. I took off the supporting base and took out the support screws. It has an 18w CF 6500k bulb in it. Does the job pretty nicely!

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Old 03-21-2007, 01:53 PM   #12
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Your GF has a nice looking tank Cydric!
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Old 03-21-2007, 02:39 PM   #13
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Your GF has a nice looking tank Cydric!

Here is my gf's lighting setup that is working extremely well. Good ol' Home Depot lighting.



The post above this is my nano, this 7g nano is my gf's
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Old 03-21-2007, 03:10 PM   #14
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Ooops.... They are both nice regardless! Is that flame moss I see in her Nano?
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Old 03-21-2007, 03:24 PM   #15
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Daaaammmn! your nanos are amazing cydric
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Old 03-21-2007, 04:46 PM   #16
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Ooops.... They are both nice regardless! Is that flame moss I see in her Nano?
Thanks Nope, her flame moss is in her 30g, the moss you see is just regular java moss.

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Here is my gf's lighting setup that is working extremely well. Good ol' Home Depot lighting.



The post above this is my nano, this 7g nano is my gf's
Wow your girlfriends got a nice set of uh...lamps there.
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Old 06-01-2008, 08:24 PM   #18
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Wow your girlfriends got a nice set of uh...lamps there.
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