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Hello guys! Im new. Im starting a 75 gallon cichlid tank. All I have is the tank. starting from scratch after my turtle tank. I need all the advice I can get. Please feel free to school me, I actually want it. I also need just about everything... Should I attend the BFD before buying things?

Hey, all, You know all that equipment that crapped out on you, costing you time and money? Time to get it replaced! You may even have some of this equipment still in use, somewhere in your fish rooms, dens or family rooms, kids' rooms, or in your place of business with not a clue as to the...

Hey CCA: We are going to have several racks set up for fish donations this year. We'd like to have lighting on all of the tanks so that we can show off all of the awesome donations we are getting this year. To that end, we are in need of 6-8 4 foot shop lights to use on the racks. If you...

Hey everyone, I just acquired a bunch more tanks so I've been looking for most cost effective ways to light, filter, etc. Searching on Amazon I came across these shop lights, in a four pack only $15.49 each, so I got one and it arrived today. It is not as good as my Coralife lights but for a...

Cooper Lighting by Eaton has recalled light fixtures under several different brand names. Here is the link to the details. :confused0068:

So what are your experiences and recommendations? Recommendations for LEDs that are decent quality and not super expensive? Jason is running Beamworks LEDs on his sweet 135 setup and swears by them.

I have a 125 gal aquarium. What lights do you guys recommend? I have considered LED lights but I would like to spend under 200if possible. Please point me in the right direction.

I have 48 inch shop lights that have been taking up space...can they be used for my tank? Aren't they being outlawed soon? Should I get rid of them and get t5 fixture since they are more efficient? Can they be adapted to run t5 bulbs? Instead of t12s Sent from my iPhone using...

A couple of people asked after the source of the LED strip lights that are siliconed to the top of my nano tank that I showed at Aqua Mania. It basically comes as a roll of LED tape that you lay into metal channel for heat sink. Then just solder the connections to transformer. Switch/dimmer...

The half-life on these things is about a year. After that they're likely to fail at any time and because they're so cheaply constructed that they can't be repaired. What a load of BS. Have three that I bought new in the last two years that have all failed. Having the bulbs outlast the...

I believe a couple of you got them from kens fish, I'm thinking of getting them , do any of your have any good pictures or videos of them please mainly the dual light t5 not HO though. Also would my aqueon t5 HO light bulbs be okay in these if the fixture not HO? Idc bout light just if it works...

My 75g used to be a reef tank but is now freshwater. I currently have a Tek T5 fixture with 6x54w bulbs hanging above my tank for lighting. I'm curious if I would be able to add plants to my tank without having to replace the bulbs to a lower kelvin rating. I'm currently only running 2 of the...

I need to add some lighting to my 125g. The tank is an older model and only has one brace- in the center. I have an extra 48" twin strip and an extra 24" twin strip. Obviously the 48" will be supported by the frame and the center brace. My question is do you think that the 24" twin-tube can...

I'm confused about LED lights. Can they be used for planted tanks? Can someone give me an easy way to compare the two? I want to light a 65 gal planted tank with the equivalent LED light compared to another tank t-5 lights which has approx 60- 75 watts. Thanks

Lmy idea is when i turn the main lights off in the tank i want the moon lights to be on then. So is it safe to leavethe moon lights on 24/7 or what?

????? Are my light to bright for my cichlid tank, no plants just fish. Thet are t-5 12000k 2 bulbs and blue antics.54watts. I had them hooked up before and i had lots of alage. Please help