Okay DIY'ers, I'd like to see if anyone has some ideas on adding actinic supplementation. I have a DIY canopy I made for my tank (36"W X 18"D X14"H). In it, I have 2 lumenbright-mini reflectors (16"X16"X4"). So as you can see, I don't have much room at all to place any lights to the sides of the reflectors (about 1" on each side of the reflectors). I do have more then enough depth to place them below and to the side of the MH. My only concern would be that having them below and a bit to the side would block a lot of the light from the MH.

I do know some T12 have internal reflectors, which would mean I wouldn't need external reflectors. But I think a t12 would be wider then a T5 and the external reflector.

Since the inside of the canopy is painted white, could I just put T5's in there without reflectors? Since the Actinic will only be for supplemental lighting (my viewing pleasure only) would that work?

Any other ideas?