redearslider.com

So after building some confidence with having to replace the ballast on my other tanks light, I started wondering how hard would it be to build a florescent lighting system for half the tank where the turts bask etc. Just wondering if anyone here has done that and could throw some advice my way.

Bulb

Lamp Holders (Tombstones)

Switch

Cord

I figure it will take a few hours to make, and a few more to make it look pretty. But everything I am reading up on points to it being fairly straight forward, the ballast has the wiring diagram on it to boot!

I don't think it's been done here. It's probably not hard, and you can easily cannibalize parts instead of buying new. I don't trust myself to do electrical work,