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Adding Moonlights to your Aquarium

6 October 2009 No Comment

10 Gallon Aquarium Moonlight Installation

Installation of moonlights for a Coralife Clamp On Metal Halide for my 10 gallon tank.

I purchased a Super Bright LED strip from Autolumination @ $6 a pair and a standard 12V AC -> DC power converter. The lights dimensions are 3.5″ x .5″ which makes them perfect for mounting on the Coralife fixture.

Here is the picture of the fixture I purchased, I of course got the Blue color.
Strip LED Fixture

The first step is to remove the end pieces of the Coralife unit. Then place the LED strip on the end pieces being sure to keep the wires of the lights coming out of the back side so you can easily hide them.
Moonlights

Your completed unit should look something like this.
Moonlights

To get an idea of how they look when they are on.
Moonlights

Here is a comparison of my old setup vs. my new setup the pictures were taking at the same distance and lighting conditions.

Coralife 3/4 Watt
Moonlights
Autolumination Strip Light
Moonlights

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