DIY hoods.

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Re: DIY hoods.

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To make T5's worth anything, they MUST have individual reflectors.
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Re: DIY hoods.

Post by bertie 83 »

Yup I have a shed load of shop light reflectors so I make my own. The upvc will reflect more light than my black plastic crappy hood that I have ATM. Was meant to add earlier that reflectors would be added behind each lamp/ led
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Re: DIY hoods.

Post by BedScien »

this doesnt answer you question but I have a 'bits and bobs' lid going on

Basically I'm a bit of a cheapskate so on my second hand tank I have half of the original lid and half acrylic sheet with the lid of a smaller tank placed on top cos it has a lighting unit in it :D

A used salt bucket is to become my tank for my snails (food) and the lid on that is the glass from a photocopier

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