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When I bought my used 48" 40g long tank it came with a hood but no light. I had some wood left over from buiding my stand but without my board stretcher it just wasn't enough to make an entire canopy. So I measured the hood and built a light housing out of the 3/4" oak I had.

Because of the demensions I could not use a 48" flurescent lamp, and fixtures for twin shorter bulbs with ballast were not cost effective. So I found screw in "Twisted" Power Compact bulbs in a 6500K at Wal-mart. The local Rural King had screw in light bases that were for "Stage Lighting".

I used one bulb on each end and two in the middle on each side of the center divider that sets on the center brace.

I painted the inside high gloss appliance white.





Because of the demensions I could not use a 48" flurescent lamp, and fixtures for twin shorter bulbs with ballast were not cost effective. So I found screw in "Twisted" Power Compact bulbs in a 6500K at Wal-mart. The local Rural King had screw in light bases that were for "Stage Lighting".

I used one bulb on each end and two in the middle on each side of the center divider that sets on the center brace.

I painted the inside high gloss appliance white.



