Almost every time I raid aquarium store dumpsters I find something worthwhile.
A couple days ago I found a ballast for a 95 watt flourescent.
Yesterday I found a 95 watt true actinic bulb to fit. There were some problems with the ballast, but as I kept pluging, unpluging, pluging, unpluging, I finally got it to light and stay lit.
Now it lights up every time I plug it in. I have it over my new school of neon and cardinal tetras and it brings out their colors really nice.
This was just a small find compared to other things I've found.
Another treasure from the dumpster
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fihsboy - Posts: 1837
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Guess its time to go dumpster diving! :) My lfs doesnt throw ANYTHING away. haha. Hes got skimmers that are older then me. (Ohhh they just need a little work, and there good as new)
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Peterkarig3210 - Posts: 1980
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I've obviously been getting used lights, but since I've found probably 10 power compacts and other high wattage lights, I can put multiple lights on each tank. The bulbs may be a bit old, but they're a hell of a lot cheaper than one 95 watt bulb at $75.
I've found tanks, powerheads, unused filter floss, unused charcoal in a huge bag, a bucket full of plastic biological bacteria balls for large filters, and even a live moray eel!
They said it was dieing, but I took it home and tried to save it. It lived for 3 days and died. I think I should have force fed it. Oh well.
I've found tanks, powerheads, unused filter floss, unused charcoal in a huge bag, a bucket full of plastic biological bacteria balls for large filters, and even a live moray eel!
They said it was dieing, but I took it home and tried to save it. It lived for 3 days and died. I think I should have force fed it. Oh well.
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mro2you2 - Posts: 625
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Speaking of new thinks, I got tree tiger barbs in my twenty. There names are (Ive never named a single fish till now) Moe, Larry, and Cerly.
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mro2you2 - Posts: 625
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MY tanks is bare too the bone but yesterday I bot 30 bulbs and planted them all over the place. :)
lol this is the first schooling fish that survied the night.
lol this is the first schooling fish that survied the night.
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Peterkarig3210 - Posts: 1980
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It happens. I have 3 tetras left, and the old lights I use are growing algae, so I added a school of tilapia fry and I'm using a few new bulbs as well as the cool looking actinic, and I'm broke.
The tilapia will have to do for scholling fish at the moment. It's going to be a pain to get them out of the plants when they outgrow this tank too, but that's how it goes.
The tilapia will have to do for scholling fish at the moment. It's going to be a pain to get them out of the plants when they outgrow this tank too, but that's how it goes.