I recently had to pull down the solar tubes due to mould growth, so needed a new source of light. I bought these from a LED store in Victoria through Ebay, and mounted them level with the ceiling to shine down through the existing solartubes. They are 50w LED floodlights.
![](http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f20/warrenerraw/Tank%20upgrade%20Oct%202012/50w_LED.jpg)
The result
![](http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f20/warrenerraw/Tank%20upgrade%20Oct%202012/full_tank.jpg)
Pretty happy with the quantity of light output. The plants have been growing very nicely as well, but as luck would have it, all 4 of the LED floodlights have been faulty
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What I want to do:
* Install a DIY background simillar to
![](http://www.fmueller.com/aquaristic/240G/19-Building-Background.jpg)
* Redo the water return pipe to be hidden behind the background and to output water evenly across the tank. The current solution is frankly butt ugly.
* Fix the overflow box and pipes. Its too noisy.
* Redo the substrate with peat moss/marble chips/blood and bone/laterite for better plant growth.
* Reduce the amount of driftwood and rocks in the mid to foreground.
* and finally finish the damn cabinet!
I have an empty 4x2x2 in the fish room that will house the fish, I need to clean it as its full of old salt/sand/gunk and get a pump to utilise the same sump as the big tank. This way I can move the fish without acclimatising and the less stress on the clown loaches the better.
Will post photo's of it all as it happens. Planning for about a six week turnover.