Light Bleeding.

NoSchwag · 04/15/2008, 01:27 PM

I am setting up a new tank in my living room. I currently use luminarc mini's with 250w bulbs. The light bleeds ridiculosly from these reflectors.

Does anyone know of a light setup that prevents light leak? I want to run open top.

hahnmeister · 04/15/2008, 02:08 PM

A parimeter around the top of the tank... as in a canopy that is 8" tall w/o a top...

Or, you could do like the Asians and attach blinders around the parimeter of the reflector... like stage spotlights and such.

04/15/2008, 01:27 PM	#1
NoSchwag Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterbury, Ct. Posts: 2,530	Light Bleeding. I am setting up a new tank in my living room. I currently use luminarc mini's with 250w bulbs. The light bleeds ridiculosly from these reflectors. Does anyone know of a light setup that prevents light leak? I want to run open top. __________________ Keeping low levels of po4 without chemicals since 2005. Current Tank Info: Beckett skimmed, penductor flowed, luminarc lighted, UV sterilized, litermeter dosed, Aquacontroller controlled, SPS dominated, 120 BB tank.

04/15/2008, 02:08 PM	#2
hahnmeister Moved On Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Brew City, WI Posts: 10,156	A parimeter around the top of the tank... as in a canopy that is 8" tall w/o a top... Or, you could do like the Asians and attach blinders around the parimeter of the reflector... like stage spotlights and such.