Building my own canopy

[Silly me]

here is how I am goin to fasten them to the inside of the canopy, hopeing I dont have to use anything metal

 

[Silly me]

a close up in the inside of the canopy

 

[silver]

Looks awesome.......

But how ARE you going to feed the fish without taking the hood off!!??



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[The-Wolf]

looks good but like others have said
how are you going to feed the fish?
also how are you going to remove the tubes for cleaning and replacing?
wouldn't open clips be better that the ones you are using?

good luck and keep us posted

like these

 

[Silly me]

there will be a feeding hatch, and the light can be removed by undoing two plastic nuts, like wingnuts..

 

[konrad05]

The feeding hatch is a good idea, but what will happen when you need to do some work in the tank? Looks like you have live plants, I don't know about you and others but I have to do daily work to keep things clean with my planted tank. It looks great, I just think it's still not to late to add a hinge mechanism to save you the trouble later.

 

[Silly me]

I'll just remove the lid when I need to work in the tank.


I really don't want half the lid to be able to open

 

[Silly me]

here is the light some of the light I will put in, I thinking of only start with 2 then after the tank settled I added the third one,

 

[Silly me]

here they are installed..

I hade to take a close shot with a highest shutter my camera can to beable to see, otherwise its just a to much light

 

[Doggfather]

any instructions on how you installed the lights? like the wiring, ballast, etc

 

[konrad05]

What are the specs on the bulbs? I've heard that anything "floraglo" related doesn't work well with growing plants
Also, if you're serious about growing lot's of plants, I'd build or get a spectroscope to see if you're actually getting full spectrum. Good luck

 

[Silly me]

Here its completed

 

[Silly me]

total of 60 watts for a 10 galon tank.. wow