Have FINALLY gotten around to testing out the PAR38s
So I've been tossing up the idea of upgrading the lighting and @chimaera came to my rescue :D
It's been a bit of a saga, but I FINALLY got the loan lights mounted yesterday! (Albeit non-conventionally!! lol)
I was going to go for the open-top, but given that the tank resides in the garage, I feel that the evaporation could prove an issue, so I knocked up a perspex lid. Condensation isn't really proving an issue at this stage, and the light penetration (with the lid Vs without) appears to be like for like to the naked eye, but I plan to watch it closely.
And I know, I know: gas exchange. Well, it can't be any worse off than it was with the original hood on it :p (In my completely un-eductated/inexperienced opinion lol)
I'm also yet to come up with a suitable spot for the skimmer because I'm loath to cut into my lid (that turned out quite well, if I do say so myself!) and risk screwing it up! So for now it's not running.
So far, there doesn't appear to be any interest shown from the nems; they're still hiding out around the filter and subsequently, in the shade *doh!* But the xenia is happy as a pig in mud, spending its ENTIRE DAYS pulsing away like mad!! lol
One thing of note on the nem front though, Nim (the plain green BTA) showed dramatic changes in behaviour when he was in the AR275 under the Illumagic. But since moving back into N3, he appears to have bleached considerably :( About 4mm of each of his tips are very pale/almost white in some instances, and he has two white stripes that have appeared around his mouth. I can't say for certain whether or not he was "perfect" while in the AR, but he certainly LOOKED happier behaviour-wise: he was reaching for the moonlight, bulbing out nicely during the day. You know *shrug* just looking "happy". So I'm a bit bummed, and am toying with the idea of moving him from his hiding place into the glory of the PAR38s since he doesn't seem likely to stumble across it himself. He's still eating just fine though, and his foot has a firm grip, so I'm not stressed too much at this point.
The lid:
The lights on their make-shift stand:
And lastly, for interest's sake, look who's hosting Nom!! Their first nem EVER!! .... The downside to this is that my hand is now proving to be a good chew-toy for those clowns, @Synodontis lol. At least you now know that it wasn't just you whose hand they liked lol
It's been a bit of a saga, but I FINALLY got the loan lights mounted yesterday! (Albeit non-conventionally!! lol)
I was going to go for the open-top, but given that the tank resides in the garage, I feel that the evaporation could prove an issue, so I knocked up a perspex lid. Condensation isn't really proving an issue at this stage, and the light penetration (with the lid Vs without) appears to be like for like to the naked eye, but I plan to watch it closely.
And I know, I know: gas exchange. Well, it can't be any worse off than it was with the original hood on it :p (In my completely un-eductated/inexperienced opinion lol)
I'm also yet to come up with a suitable spot for the skimmer because I'm loath to cut into my lid (that turned out quite well, if I do say so myself!) and risk screwing it up! So for now it's not running.
So far, there doesn't appear to be any interest shown from the nems; they're still hiding out around the filter and subsequently, in the shade *doh!* But the xenia is happy as a pig in mud, spending its ENTIRE DAYS pulsing away like mad!! lol
One thing of note on the nem front though, Nim (the plain green BTA) showed dramatic changes in behaviour when he was in the AR275 under the Illumagic. But since moving back into N3, he appears to have bleached considerably :( About 4mm of each of his tips are very pale/almost white in some instances, and he has two white stripes that have appeared around his mouth. I can't say for certain whether or not he was "perfect" while in the AR, but he certainly LOOKED happier behaviour-wise: he was reaching for the moonlight, bulbing out nicely during the day. You know *shrug* just looking "happy". So I'm a bit bummed, and am toying with the idea of moving him from his hiding place into the glory of the PAR38s since he doesn't seem likely to stumble across it himself. He's still eating just fine though, and his foot has a firm grip, so I'm not stressed too much at this point.
The lid:
The lights on their make-shift stand:
And lastly, for interest's sake, look who's hosting Nom!! Their first nem EVER!! .... The downside to this is that my hand is now proving to be a good chew-toy for those clowns, @Synodontis lol. At least you now know that it wasn't just you whose hand they liked lol
