glass hood

[T11mog]

Hey does ne 1 know where to get a good glass hood? Im gonna upgrade my lighting and i wanna get a glass hood...maybe a website or somethin...thanx.

[nalbar]

look in the phone book under 'glass'. they will gladly cut any sizes (and any type of glass) you want, and depending on what type of hood you are talking about, you can just assemble the pieces.

 

 

nalbar

[darwin604]

I've got a Hagen glass hood on my tank. I got it for around 10 bucks and its got plastic runners on each side of the tank and has a peice of glass for the front, a peice of glass for the back, and you can slide the front one back for feeding, tank maintenance etc. It also came with a stick on knob and a clear plastic peice for the back that you can cut to accomodate your filter / accessories. For ~10 bucks it's a good bargain.

 

Most fish stores sell Hagen stuff . . im sure other companies make em too. Cheap and more functional that a slab of solid glass IMO.

 

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[ryz]

could you post a picture of your glass hood? I've never seen one and would like to. perhaps I'll get one too.

[darwin604]

Well . . its pretty disgustingly covered with salt . . needs a cleaning soon. But here it is - it looks a lot better when its clean. (btw: I took the back plastic part off since I'm always moving stuff around)

 

Here's a full shot of the cover:

 

 

and here it is with the light on:

 

 

 

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[Reefer_Buddha]

why not just go with eggcrate? Covering the top will keep the heat in and probably alter ph since the gas exchange is held in. But thats just my 2 cents

[darwin604]

Yeah, I think my tank's gonna have to go topless when I get my new lights set up . . the main reason I have the glass top is to keep it safe from pets / friends spilling beer in it . . etc

 

BTW, whats eggcrate?

 

d.

[Reefer_Buddha]

its like plastic grid that you see covering flourescent lights.

[T11mog]

well im getting a retro fit light..not sure on the specs i gotta ask my LPS about them...it goes for about 125 my LPS said...but he will give me a 10% discount on it. :-D it was a special order but they ordered 2 so i now get one a lil cheaper!

[darwin604]

.... gotta ask my LPS about them...it goes for about 125 my LPS said...

 

LPS = large polyp stony (coral) I think the abbreviation your looking for is LFS (local fish store). You have to admit, that does sound kinda wierd when you first read it

 

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[birdman204]

maybe he means Local Pet Store, i.e. Petco. watch out though, you might become a newt.

[T11mog]

lol thnx for the claiffication....i mean LFS

[tylernt]

I disagree, I think the glasstop shields the water from the heat of the lights. I have some plastic canvas (from the craft store) along the back to allow for gas exchange yet prevent my Royal Gramma from carpet surfing. You can cut shapes out of the canvas with scissors for your HOB, power cords, etc. It's attached by sandwiching the glass between two layers of canvas assembled using nylon zipties.

 

Here is my 10g that runs pretty stable at 81 lights on or off. The glasstop condenses and drips back a lot of evaporation so I barely have to top off. The top ALSO keeps my 3-year old kid and other nasties out of the tank.