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02-09-2004, 10:25 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: west babylon, long island, ny
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paint color for inside of canopy
what color is best or does it really matter?
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02-09-2004, 10:26 AM
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That Biker Looking Guy
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Bremerton Wa
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I would say white to get the max reflection off the interior of the canopy
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02-09-2004, 10:38 AM
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ROOTS...ROCKS...REGGAE
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: south suburbs of Chicago,Il USA
Posts: 1,214
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Yup, same here. I then topped it with a couple coats of clear urathane
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02-09-2004, 11:04 AM
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Look deeply into my eyes
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: NW Indiana
Posts: 11,140
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Ditto on the white,,,,,even tho i still need to do it to mine,,,,
i was looking into adding some kind of white "plastic" material to mine,,,figger since mine is up n running,and the inside of the canopy is natural color wood, white oughta bounce some of the light around ,and hopefully get into the tank,,,
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02-09-2004, 11:40 AM
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Reef Freak
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Middleton, WI
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Depending on the reflector - it might be less an issue. Didn't paint mine - but my PFO parallel reflector doesn't let any light go through. IMO a good reflector will make this point more moot .... and I found the spread/intensity off a good reflector to be well worth the cost.
My 2 cents.
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02-09-2004, 01:30 PM
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Look deeply into my eyes
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: NW Indiana
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True, a reflector does make a difference,,,,
in my case a have a lot o' canopy,,,,,with reflectors above the 2-400 Wt'ers, with a decent amount of space between lights n 'water surface,,14-16",,,,just looks like a lotta inside space to either "suck up" light or bounce it around,,,,
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02-09-2004, 02:14 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Indiana
Posts: 354
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I did both, painted it white inside and have 6 feet of good reflectors also. Maybe it's overdone but I wanted to somehow make it last as long as possible. If you paint it white I would stay away from the eurathane, I my last one and even with the "spar varnish type it tends to yellow in time.
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