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[fishatron7429]

i have a plastic hood in my tank and i've cut a hole in it and put a lamp in it, as in the bulb in and the rest of it out, but it keeps melting the hood, is there anything i could rig up to stop it from melting?
Fishatron

 

[Aquascaper]

How much clearance is there around the bulb?

 

[fishatron7429]

about 1 cm
oh yeh i could make the clearence around the bulb bigger
yes
thanks dude