Building my lighting kit.

[nantnee]

I've started to build my flos kit. I'm going to connect two fixtures together for a total of 4x40w. I am however unable to find 3200k and 5600k balanced flos. Anybody have any suggestion on where to get these?

 

[nantnee]

Here is the almost finished flo' light setup I'm putting together. Its two fixtures connected by two door brackets. I also screwed them together to prevent any wobbles and to make it more sturdy.

http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/34844/1231980691.jpg
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http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/34844/1231980749.jpg

It holds up better than I thought. I'm pretty sure if I wanted to, I could make this into a 8-pcs light setup.

Overall price (excluding the drill I bought):

X 2 fixtures - $18
X 2 T12 (pack of 2) flo' lights - $13
X 2 door brackets - 9

Total of $40, give or take a few dollars and about 35min to assemble.

The next task to be to add something so that I can put it on a stand.

 

[Jeff Anderson]

Nice work man - I've got a couple of two tube banks like that that I just bolted baby plates to the back of and mount them in a grip head on a stand. Works great and baby plates are pretty cheap.

 

[fixitinpost]

B&H carries the 3200K and 5600K tubes that you're looking for.

 

[pmark23]

Any lighting store will be able to order Sylvania/Osram tubes. I ordered an entire carton last year for about $10/tube including shipping from Germany!

 

[Austinv]

go to a fish store, any temp you want.

 

[Chenopup]

go to a fish store, any temp you want.

and about 3 times the price as getting the bulbs from a lighting supplier. (Unless you're ordering online... . locally, the aquarium prices are a joke though)

cheno

 

[ESTEBEVERDE]

go to a fish store, any temp you want.

I love Fish! They are so damn tasty!