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- From: jimh@ultra.com (Jim Hurley)
- Newsgroups: alt.aquaria,purdue.student-org.aquaria
- Subject: Re: Question about 5 gal water(f) tank design
- Keywords: bottom light
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.021022.7695@ultra.com>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 02:10:22 GMT
- References: <C00A3u.8o9@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
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- In <C00A3u.8o9@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> blumb@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Bill Blum) writes:
-
- -->Hi.
- -->I'm a complete newbie to aquaria, so please forgive me if this sounds
- -->strange.
-
- -->I received a 5 gal. hexagonal tank for Christmas. It has a strange feature
- -->(from what little I know about aquariums)---the light is in the BOTTOM of
- -->the tank!
- -->(It'S a molded plastic tank, with a central raised dome for the light)
-
-
- Very strange idea... Is the light intended as a heater?
-
- My feeling is that the fish will be confused with light from below.
-
- For example, I've noticed for a long time that angelfish like to orient
- themselves so that light appears 'above them'. If I turn out
- the tank lights and have room lights on, they orient themselves
- 45 degrees - towards the light.
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