Post #736745 by Keaka-tiki on Thu, Feb 5, 2015 9:06 PM

Aloha ohana,
I've been spending a couple months searching and keep coming up dry (that puns gonna be funny later, trust me...) so I throw my weird need to you wonderful folks.
See I'm building a display case into the wall on my tiki bar to house my feegee mermaid from munktiki, I've got a ten gallon and a thirty gallon aquarium to choose from both are all set up and ready to go but I can't get the lighting right. I'd like to install leds in the top and use them to create an underwater look so my mermaid (I call her Frank) won't dry out!
So far I've seen a lot of dj equipment that uses spotlights and big high production stuff but that's a lot of money for a small space. I've found some info from different aquarium groups but they all rely on the surface tension of the water to diffuse light. Since I'm not using water that doesn't really work for me. I know this can be done!

So anyone have any amazing ideas or have stories of their own for some under sea lighting?
I'm drowning over here!

... see the dry joke was cause I'm trying to keep things dry but look wet... get it? Oh nevermind, another Mai Tai please!