High light suggestions for a corner bowfront

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High light suggestions for a corner bowfront

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So we have this 54g corner bowfront we got from Kris a few years ago, and which we are going to turn into a southwestern Australian carnivorous plant biotope. These plants live in full sun, so I need something really bright and roughly triangular, LOL. Any suggestions?

In a perfect world, I'd custom build a triangular LED fixture, but realistically, I'll never get around to it. I need something that won't generate too much heat (a little daytime warming is not bad, though), so T5HO is probably my best option. Any thoughts?
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What about one of those LED pendants? You could use electrical conduit to suspend it.
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Yeah, I was just looking at some of those online. I could easily build a hood that had three of them.
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Or maybe we are taking about different things- I was looking at the LED fixtures that screw into standard light bulb sockets.
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Kessil LED pendant lights are what you want.
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SCMurphy wrote:Kessil LED pendant lights are what you want.
Very intriguing, Sean! Would you recommend the grow lights or the 6700k aquarium lights? I want my CPs to grow vigorously, of course, but I would like them to be pretty, too, and not just purple, LOL.
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