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Chapter 6: Equipment and Other Technical Stuff Fan-cooled hoods Fan-cooled hoods have built in fans to make sure that you have optimal temperature in your tank while providing proper lighting. The fans help to increase the longevity of the lights as well. Hanging lighting You can purchase lights that hang above the tank, which provides one of the best lighting schemes available. These lights are usually halide, and are suspended by wires that are usually included with the lights. Reflective lighting You can experiment with hanging lights to achieve reflected lighting (lighting that is bounced off another surface such as a wall or ceiling). The sky is the limit, so have fun creating new lighting schemes. Make sure that whatever you do is safe, secure, and provides your fish and plants with the light they really need. Hot rodding your aquarium Hey, we’re fish nerds, and naturally we have a few toys. Car nerds get expensive hubcaps and awesome paint jobs, so we get our own little wish lists, too. In fact we wish we had more of the equipment on the following list. Ultraviolet (UV) sterilizers kill parasites and bacteria in your aquarium water. These units contain an ultraviolet lamp, which you need to change two or three times per year. The UV unit sterilizes non-beneficial bacteria and parasites (that are harmful to your fish) so that they cannot reproduce. They can be expensive, like more than $100. Beware: Looking at an UV light can damage your eyes! Be careful when installing this unit! Pump timers allow you to hook up several aquarium pumps to the device so that you can control the output of each to create the type of low wave patterns you want. Carbon block CO2 units/fermentation units release CO2 into your live plant aquarium without using chambers or any type of bottle gas. You can set the unit to release the amount you want. You can also purchase units that use sealed fermentation canisters to create CO2. These units have a buffer that protects them from extreme temperature changes that can effect the production rate. 77
78 Part I: Aquarium Basics Okay, if you’re like us and never have any money, you can still set up a halfway decent aquarium system. Probably the least expensive way to get a small system going is to go to a superstore and buy a freshwater aquarium kit. Make sure to check the contents on the box to Short on cash? insure that you have a heater, thermometer, airline tubing, a filter, light, hood, and pump. Grab a few bags of gravel, a bottle of dechlorinator, fish food, a net, and a few plants on the way out the door, and you’re ready to go.
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