the cover u mention are the one design for keeping fish ...not plants. those covers...Guppy i presume looks nice, and i was tempted .....hahaha...they have a feeder compartment ...flip the cover and throw in the food. good idea...

u can get the cover actually..but set your lighting on top of the tank itself using a glass frame...diy. its gonna be diffcult fixing lights to a plastic cover.

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Most tanks don't come prepared for planteds. Extra lights are one of the highest costing things when starting a new planted tank. Usually don't use covers for planted. With the light fixtures creating heat and cover preventing fresh air flow... the tank can get very warm and thus not suitable for planteds.. unless you use a chiller.. for which you need an even higher budget.

co2, lights, chiller, Bankcrupt.

[quote=ari]the cover u mention are the one design for keeping fish ...not plants. those covers...Guppy i presume looks nice, and i was tempted .....hahaha...they have a feeder compartment ...flip the cover and throw in the food. good idea...

yaya.... Guppy brand. Their tank is really nice. With the water filter at 1 end of the plastic cover and light casing on the other end.... and a flip cover to feed the fishes. Only one downside:no enough light .

Most ready made hoods are only suitable for plants with low light requirements...

my saviour bro ari.

but more 2 ask...kekekeke

so 2 wire at one side right?i mean 2 pin pl ....so 2 wire go one side and 2 wire go the other pin right? i takut takut sikit....sebabd got bad experience witn electrical thing..blew up 2 e blaast b4.

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aiyo i aslo takut takut la....takut i give wrong info ...blaast bakar neber mind, orang bakar means i go to jail o.
i havent seen your setting bro, so i also dun know wat u mean ler...maybe better ask electric shop man ...free advice la.

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yaya.... Guppy brand. Their tank is really nice. With the water filter at 1 end of the plastic cover and light casing on the other end.... and a flip cover to feed the fishes. Only one downside:no enough light .[/quote]

can la...but set the lights on tank like this...


the blaast fix outside of the tank like this lo...bery easy la...some more no need worry about heat from blast ...but nowday the electronic blaast tara panas punya...not like the old fashion metal blaast ..switch on for a few hours only...can smell like wire burning

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Thanks ari. Will keep this setup idea in mind. Will try to put it into reality when I decided to opt for a new tank...

mike, try to draw up your wiring idea and post here for the gurus to comment....

can la...but set the lights on tank like this...


the blaast fix outside of the tank like this lo...bery easy la...some more no need worry about heat from blast ...but nowday the electronic blaast tara panas punya...not like the old fashion metal blaast ..switch on for a few hours only...can smell like wire burning
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Hi ari,
I have some ballast that looks like yours, but i found that...the wiring is not very long only...
As i mean not long cause, 1 end is long, another end is very short only...
So...DID YOU modified the wirings as your ballast is at the bottom, and lights are on top of your tank, roughly about 3 to 5 feet long wor...
Mind to share how you did the modifications? Well, if you have done any lah...hehe
Thanks in advance.

Regards,
John

Hi Ari,

Had used those 13 bucks MIC[made in china] e ballast before and it blew in 6 months. Many great things come from China but not the one i'm using. Both blew like a couple of weeks apart.

Would lik to know where to get some quality e ballast for my 36W pl's.

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