Routine Cleaning Gone Possibly Wrong...

[Phoenixfish]

ok story goes like this...

yesterday(3/5/06 8 ish) i was cleaning the tank out and found that i had alot of algae build up on my condensation plate, so i scrub at it with an algue sponge till i get most the crap off,

go to replug my all in one systemised tank, (filter,heater and lights all in one combi) and the light doesnt work, so a unhook the top which contains the filter area and light and unscrew the plate, play around with the T5 alittle and try again this time the light goes back on, great i think, so i happily get on with my life to find when i go to turn the light off at 9 it doesnt turn off so im there stressing out over why it wont turn off, so i turn the power of to the mains and play with it some more, its now late (10 ish) i try and this time it does turn off but you cna here a funny noice like leccy jumping a gap (doing GCSE electronics) so im get alittle more woried, i think i got water in the switch(which has a water seal around it but hay)
and it was jumping the curcuit so i do the only thing i cna think of is take the bulb out a third time leave the bulb out recover the plate and pray nothng sets on fire in the night lol i wake up this moring to fine that all is alive if not in the dark, i replace the bulb before school.........................................

.....................come back from school and see that the light is still on, good news go to turn off the light and it does even better, listen for that accursed noice but only hear the hum of the pump great,

i think the heat from the light had evaporated the water in there, we were going to buy a new bulb and see if it was the problem, but hay it maybe and excuse to get better lightning and visit the LPS mums buying



you lot think its ok(the whole no light working and now is)?

and should i try and get a new light out of my mum anyway?

(she doesnt offer to buy much so i think i may make the best of it)

the bulb in at the moment is a 12" T5 marina crystal(two pins each end), part of a cheap tank,

what bulb should i get? a day glow? white bright?

edit: its got plants and is a 5.5 us 4.5 uk gal

 

[ajbettle]

take advantage of ya mum! lol i would!
in my tank iv got two bulbs next to each other, one white and one blue, creates a very low monnlight effect and i really love it! so it uv got a bracket to fit two flourescent ulbs i wud but two, there only cheap...especially if u dont go for something like marina or juwel...they all do the same job!...but seen how ur mums buying

 

[Phoenixfish]

take advantage of ya mum! lol i would!
in my tank iv got two bulbs next to each other, one white and one blue, creates a very low monnlight effect and i really love it! so it uv got a bracket to fit two flourescent ulbs i wud but two, there only cheap...especially if u dont go for something like marina or juwel...they all do the same job!...but seen how ur mums buying

lol i would fit and extra but im getting a new tank in 44 days (yes im counting) and will be a Fluval Duo Deep 1000 and ill be keeping this as a fry/hosp/quar tank so it doesnt need loads, but like ya say ill probe take advantage,
is there an ideal class? that i could use like
a day glow thats for plants and fish etc?
i just wan tot get the best really,

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grr mums back but becasue its fixed i cnat go to my local or well least its fixed ill just have to break something else *laughs*