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For my 20 gallon long tank I am planning to do the following below. My friend is an electrical engineer and says what I was planning to do costed over $300 or $400 because I wanted the Coralife fixture with the duel 6700k color and the CO2 reactor. He says I can do all this and only cost me 50 bucks or less. He is planning to help me do the following, let me know your opinions.
LIGHTING
I am going to buy 4x 14w daylight pig tail light bulbs 6500k color lined up across a board with fixtures paralleled. This will go as a part of the top. Total here is 6$
CO2
I have a 40oz paintball gun CO2 tank and he has a psi regulator and going to give it to me and attach it for me. I told him there might not be an adaptor to attach the two. He put it together to show me and indeed it gives out CO2 at any bubbles per second I want in my tank. Total here was $0
The other things I would need to buy was cedar wood to handle the moisture for the tanks frame and paint it black and I'm not sure of the cost of the wood but I'm sure it cant be too much.
LIGHTING
I am going to buy 4x 14w daylight pig tail light bulbs 6500k color lined up across a board with fixtures paralleled. This will go as a part of the top. Total here is 6$
CO2
I have a 40oz paintball gun CO2 tank and he has a psi regulator and going to give it to me and attach it for me. I told him there might not be an adaptor to attach the two. He put it together to show me and indeed it gives out CO2 at any bubbles per second I want in my tank. Total here was $0
The other things I would need to buy was cedar wood to handle the moisture for the tanks frame and paint it black and I'm not sure of the cost of the wood but I'm sure it cant be too much.