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- From: blumb@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Bill Blum)
- Subject: Re: Question about 5 gal water(f) tank design
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- Keywords: bottom light
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- References: <C00A3u.8o9@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <1992Dec30.021022.7695@ultra.com>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 04:34:17 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec30.021022.7695@ultra.com> jimh@ultra.com (Jim Hurley) writes:
- >In <C00A3u.8o9@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> blumb@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Bill Blum) writes:
- >-->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?
-
- Well, the picture on the box that the tank came in shows it set up with two
- fantail goldfish, so I don't think it's intended as a heater. (it's only a
- 5 watt bulb!)
- >
- >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.
-
- Well, my two platys are doing just fine.
-
-
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