Diy Hood + Lights For Juwel Tanks

I want to firstly say Thank you to Chris from Northlands pets for all his help with this.... that said this took a 4 days in all with the help of Durban Plastics and Chris's stock of plans ballasts and wiring expertise....

I needed more lights in the tank for my nemmie and after i spoke to Jacquesb i deceided to go for it ....

what my tank looked like before





and after I did the installation


I Basically redid the hood so that i wouldnt damage the original one so when it came time to sell it would be stock standard


then




and for the ballast I made hang on box to match






then i used the off cuts to make some brace mounts for the tubes to sit on


and because the black is a gloss black the reflection is phenominal almost mirror like


So thats it am runnin 1 x ATI super blue now 1 X AM white both 39w and 2 x 35w Juwel T5 in a White blue white blue config ......

Anybody using a Juwel tank can PM me for anymore details....+- whole hood cost under R300 excluding tubes and ballast

Thanks to all for the advice

 

Nice upgrade dude, going make a great difference for your livestock.

 

looks excellent great job

 

WOW Shiks! Now THAT is really nice! Awesome job man! Your tank is now really looking great! Shows you what a huge difference the extra lighting makes!

 

thanks guys
anybody know how long i should run the extra lights for initially so i dont burn all the corals....i was thinking around 4 hours ???maybe for a week then longer the following week ???
any thoughts

 

Good idea Shiks... 4 hours should be ok at first...