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[SerenityFL]

To get purple light you'd need a couple of purple bulbs (yes, they sell those). Half white/half blue will always produce white light BUT you can make it appear more blue by positioning the blue bulb in the front.

A-ha! I have it backwards, then. Also, since they each have their own switch, I turned off the white one tonight before work and it was a bluish...but I was going for something darker. I'll have to look for other colors. In the day, they can have both but at night, they get the blue and then when I get home or before bed, it will be turned off completely.

If you do that, move your light-loving plants to the back since blue light doesn't do much for them. This is all assuming your fixture takes two bulbs. If it takes more, you can mess with the color even more by re-arranging and mixing bulbs :D.

It takes two, (to make a thing go riiiiight, it takes two to make it outta sight...oh, sorry...we were talking about fish...)

I think I will look for a purple bulb and do just that; mix them up.

Are these compact fluorescents or regular fluorescents?

Uh....???

They make hoods for 40-gallon aquariums, by the way, but I still don't know your tank dimensions (there are a few possibilities). I would at least get a cover or canopy since some of the fish you want are jumpers. For now it doesn't matter, of course :).

I would prefer a hood...just have to make sure I get the right size. I think I found one on Amazon. I have the light fixture thing which is 36" and it fits on the tank exactly right. So I'm thinking I need a 36" hood. The glass top I could have got today wouldn't work because my filter hangs over as well as the cords for the heater and the air stone. It would never sit flat. Not sure why this guy tried to sell me that.

You didn't unplug the main filter, though, right? I can't remember what kind of filter you have, is it a hang-on-back? The bubbles were probably just oxygen from the plants or related to metabolism from your bacteria. Hard to say without seeing. It was a good move to unplug the air stone, anyway, as it'll get rid of the CO2 your plants need.

No, I left the filter on, just turned off the air stone. There were a LOT of bubbles. A. LOT! Pretty much covered the entire surface of the water. Since I'm so afraid I'm going to jack something up, I figured I'd just turn off the air stone for now. Yes, the filter is a "hang-on-back" filter.

What are your current ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate levels?

I will have this answer for you tomorrow. Just got home from work.

[swolek]

How's the tank going?