Happy day,
Thank you in advance for the time you spent reading this post. I'm going to be setting up a tank on my desk in the office. I'd like to do a neocardia shrimp tank and have a bit of vertical space for something else later on. I currently have a UNS 5N, and its great for its footprint, but I wanted to go a bit bigger. The 5N has a dirt core, gravel cap, no ferts/filter/pump/C02 or anything else. This new tank I seem to have settled on the Landen 45P (9.7gl) and with Eco Complete black, and I will add some root tabs to help things get started. Outside of the root tabs, it will also be a no-no tank once it gets going in a few months. I was going to use a glass top as well to minimize evaporation and dust.
I'm struggling with lighting. First, I'd like a programmable, dimmable LED that can be set to dawn, midday, dusk and moonlight. As the tank will be on my desk, if I do go rimless, I'm concerned that the lighting will spill out and be a distraction. So I was thinking that the fixture would need to have some sort of cowl to direct the light. Which in turn brought me back to ye olde classique plastic hood. And I really don't want that look on my desk. I poked around the web and came across the Chihiros X Series, which is way too big for my plans, but I liked how the light was recessed inside the cowl.
Might anyone have a recommendation for such a light?
And yes, an alternative is to take ye olde classique plastic hood with LED inside and paint it a tendy brushed nickle color, although I don't think they come in a size suitable for the Landen glass.
I welcome any thoughts you have on the matter and am grateful for the attention given.
Thank you in advance for the time you spent reading this post. I'm going to be setting up a tank on my desk in the office. I'd like to do a neocardia shrimp tank and have a bit of vertical space for something else later on. I currently have a UNS 5N, and its great for its footprint, but I wanted to go a bit bigger. The 5N has a dirt core, gravel cap, no ferts/filter/pump/C02 or anything else. This new tank I seem to have settled on the Landen 45P (9.7gl) and with Eco Complete black, and I will add some root tabs to help things get started. Outside of the root tabs, it will also be a no-no tank once it gets going in a few months. I was going to use a glass top as well to minimize evaporation and dust.
I'm struggling with lighting. First, I'd like a programmable, dimmable LED that can be set to dawn, midday, dusk and moonlight. As the tank will be on my desk, if I do go rimless, I'm concerned that the lighting will spill out and be a distraction. So I was thinking that the fixture would need to have some sort of cowl to direct the light. Which in turn brought me back to ye olde classique plastic hood. And I really don't want that look on my desk. I poked around the web and came across the Chihiros X Series, which is way too big for my plans, but I liked how the light was recessed inside the cowl.
Might anyone have a recommendation for such a light?
And yes, an alternative is to take ye olde classique plastic hood with LED inside and paint it a tendy brushed nickle color, although I don't think they come in a size suitable for the Landen glass.
I welcome any thoughts you have on the matter and am grateful for the attention given.