For about a year now I've been having trouble with the light for my aquarium. The aquarium bulb has been burning out way too often and there must be some kind of short in the light fixture itself. The bulbs run about $25 and a new hood is about $50.
So the other day, totally frustrated to see the light not working again, I took off the hood and removed the "guts" of it so to speak. I took out the bulb, unscrewed the fixture from inside the hood and cut off the cord. Then I took some Christmas lights I bought over the summer at a garage sale for $1 (large fancy colored glass bulbs, but three didn't work). I taped the cord for the lights inside the hood with duct tape and then wrapped tin foil between the Christmas lights and the inside of the hood to prevent any kind of melting.
My tank looks very cool and colorful! Now I wouldn't recommend doing this at home and I certainly wouldn't leave these on when I'm not close by, but that's not really the point. The point is in these painful economic times, I can't afford to run out and pay $25 to $50 to light my fish tank, no matter how much I enjoy it. I made due with what I had and if you are reading this blog you should be too!
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