YahMezSoup
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Mr. Hue Jackman is in an old 40 gallon breeder tank, boyfriend and I bought it used at a pet store I worked at over a decade ago, I'm pretty sure it is one of the ones that used to be used to quarantine new shipments of fish. Anyway the tank being as old as it is has quite a decent sized lip running around the interior of the tank (I'm not positive but I think newer aquariums have a smaller interior lip). Hue just has his one 160W Mercury Vapor bulb which keeps his basking spot at a nice 105* but the rest of the tank seemed kinda dim.
CUE EXCITING LIGHTING MOMENT
Found this great LED tape strip light at Home Depot and was able to mount it perfectly to the inside of the lip of the tank. ANNNNNDDDDDD they are color changing LED's via remote control! I generally keep it on the white setting but change it to the blue or purple so he has a bit of a sunrise and sunset before the MV bulb comes on. Oh the lengths we go to spoil our babies!
CUE EXCITING LIGHTING MOMENT
Found this great LED tape strip light at Home Depot and was able to mount it perfectly to the inside of the lip of the tank. ANNNNNDDDDDD they are color changing LED's via remote control! I generally keep it on the white setting but change it to the blue or purple so he has a bit of a sunrise and sunset before the MV bulb comes on. Oh the lengths we go to spoil our babies!