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Lightrails - The next big thing in lighting?

Started by Shrimpy, July 08, 2007, 10:20:01 PM

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Shrimpy

You can read about it here http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Prod_Display.cfm?pcatid=13974&N=2004+113356
It is basically a motorized rail system that will move your lights above your tank to simulate the movement of the sun and get rid of shaded spots.  :) Not a bad price either.


gvv

Interesting!
But would not pay $300 for one motor unit and few metal rails....

Regards

Achilles

I've been researching this for a bit, here is a thread I started on reefcentral about light rails

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1151593

Shrimpy

Quote from: Achilles on July 09, 2007, 09:20:10 AM
I've been researching this for a bit, here is a thread I started on reefcentral about light rails

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1151593

Thanks for the link. It was a good read.  :)

hamstercaster

Pretty useless if you ask me.. if you have plants and rocks the fish have shaded areas and they lighted areas too so they'll find whatever suits them at that exact moment

porcupinepuffer

Quote from: hamstercaster on July 30, 2007, 03:06:20 PM
Pretty useless if you ask me.. if you have plants and rocks the fish have shaded areas and they lighted areas too so they'll find whatever suits them at that exact moment

that's true for fish, but corals are sort of stuck with the lighting being the same all the time.

gvv

How will middle brace will impact on the lighting when the lamp will move over it?

Regards