Fish Fry

I was recently to a new pet store in my area and i saw these lights that stick to the side or bottom of you tank and they come in all type of colors. I though how neat! This would be really cool in my tank. The package says that they are water proof and can be submerged my only concern is that they do need to be plugged in and i now that fish are subceptable to electric fields such as those around electric wires. So i was wondering if any one had anything like this and would these lights effect my fish?

atmmachine816

I have one and it's no big deal. Adds a cool touch to the aquarium and there's no problem. They have cords to keep anything from happening, as long as you don't like cutting your wires. Go for it, add some color to your tank and have fun

mitch126

If you use these colored under water lights is it ok to not use the lights in the hood do they give off enough light for the tank ?

atmmachine816

No the colored lights don't give off enough light, they are for decoration purpose or moonlights mainly, sorry.

mitch126

thanks for the info ATM as I have been a bit worried about my hood getting a bit hot I thought this may have been a way to solve the problem so its back to the drawing board . Peter

atmmachine816

Can buy a cheap clip on fan at walmart or discount store

mitch126

Hi we don't have walmart here but will check out other stores in town but it will be difficult to fit as the hood is closed in I will send a photo when I am able to thanks for the ideas

Tazmiche

Yeah i've seen them they look great. Go for it. How is the tank coming along?

mitch126

Hi Taz the tank is coming on fine its been 4 weeks this week so may get some fish this week think I will start with 3 or 4 Otto's as I have a bit of algae these may help to clean up wot do you think ?