Here is something I have been thinking of for a long time, lighting a reef tank with natural sunlight.
Has anyone ever done this in the northeast? They make natural sunlight domes that fit on your roof and project the light through highly polished tubing. They usually end with a diffuser that fits over the pipe and would look like giant recessed lighting. My thought was to use two of them without the diffusers. These are extremely bright. Now I know that sunlight going through the side of the tank will produce lots of algae. But what if you have it straight down, right over the tank?. Wouldn’t it be just like the ocean?.
What could be better than having real sunlight for my corals? Or am I just looking forward to huge algea tank? What are your thoughts on this?
Has anyone ever done this in the northeast? They make natural sunlight domes that fit on your roof and project the light through highly polished tubing. They usually end with a diffuser that fits over the pipe and would look like giant recessed lighting. My thought was to use two of them without the diffusers. These are extremely bright. Now I know that sunlight going through the side of the tank will produce lots of algae. But what if you have it straight down, right over the tank?. Wouldn’t it be just like the ocean?.
What could be better than having real sunlight for my corals? Or am I just looking forward to huge algea tank? What are your thoughts on this?