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"Ben" wrote in message
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NetMax wrote:

How'd I know you'd be the first to answer! :-) (On a side note as
someone who works in a store, do you happen to know why all-glass tanks
don'e come with shelves? I was guessing that it's for people who need
lots of room for sumps or something like that. Me, I think it's lots
of
wasted space and I'm real happy I put them in. Most useful $30 I spent
on the tank in a while. I took pictures and will post them somewhere
soon.)

While I don't carry the All-Glass line, I'm not impressed with many of
the retailed stands. Either the construction is good and they cost a
small fortune, or the construction is minimal, and you find yourself
adding a shelf or even some additional structural support inside. Shop
around, there is some new models coming out. One manufacturer is
switching over to a European (metric) tank design where the glass sides
have no plastic trim on top, and the light canopy slides over the edge.
I think this one comes with a stand which has a shelf behind the 1 or 2
cabinet doors. Shop around and prepare to be dissapointed until you find
a suitable unit. I tend to build my own wood stands (and caps), or I
use welded steel stands.

Most dark backgrounds (black, dark blue) highlight fish colours
nicely
IMO.

Great. That's what I thought.

I think the link you are looking for is Hoa G. Nguyen's
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/H...7/spectra.html
If not, I have others )

That's exactly what I was thinking about. I thought it gave a little
more detail on what to look for in a bulb. Do you have something that
tells like that? (Like that spec is the best, etc).

You want MORE links and MORE specs? Ask and ye shall receive ), though
Donald is probably already hitting the send key as I type ;~)

http://faq.thekrib.com/plant-lighting.html
http://www.aquabotanic.com/lightcompare.htm
http://www.malawicichlidhomepage.com...lighting1.html
http://www.mnsi.net/~waj/Lighting.html
http://www.trueaquariumplants.com/ar...aboutlight.asp
http://www.thekrib.com/Lights/faq.html
http://www.thekrib.com/Lights/lights-wozniak.html
http://www.calgaryaquariumsociety.co...ht_Part_1.html
http://www.calgaryaquariumsociety.co...ht_Part_2.html
http://www.animalnetwork.com/fish2/a.../2/default.asp
http://www.ahsupply.com/
http://www.science-projects.com/PhotosynPigments.htm
http://www.life.umd.edu/classroom/bsci124/lec7.html
http://www.lkraven.com/Aquarium/DIYLighting.htm
http://www.giesemann.de/GB_Leuchten.html
http://www.thekrib.com/Lights/reflectors.html

NetMax

TIA
-Ben