Lighting hood venting - Advice Please! - Aquarium Advice

dansemacabre · 01-13-2004, 07:30 PM

OK, so the hood looks kinda like this (refer to attached pic).
The front is the same as the back, minus the fans. Should I put slits for ventilation in the top and sides, or are the openings in the front and back on the hood sufficient? I've got a couple of large [acronym:7ad5944ca4="Power compact fluorescent"]PC[/acronym:7ad5944ca4] fans hangin' around ('cause I'm a huge dork) and I'm going to rig them up to the 300w power supply I also have hangin' around (again, for the same reason). The hood will contain 2x250w [acronym:7ad5944ca4="Metal halide light"]MH[/acronym:7ad5944ca4] and 4x96w Actinic/03s. This tank is in the basement, which is usually cool year-round. Any ideas/thoughts/suggesstions/comments, PLEASE give them!

[edit]Oh yes, and all fans are set to exhaust.[/edit]

dansemacabre · 01-16-2004, 04:35 PM

Anyone?

Mr Burns · 01-16-2004, 04:42 PM

being a guitar player, i'll be using some of the 19" vented rack panels in the top of my canopy hood when i build it. they're a painted steel, but you could just as easily paint it to match your decor. you could drop two or three of the 2-space plates in the top of your for good ventilation and a clean look. i won't be buy them online b/c i can get them at any guitar center for much cheaper....

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/...se_pid/451438/

good idea using the computer psu and case fans...if i ever need something like that, i'll definitely go with that!

dansemacabre · 01-17-2004, 12:53 AM

Excellent idea! I could try these on the top of the hood. The front openings will be made so that it doesn't look too rough, but I don't care if it doesn't look refined. Ideally, I want a swing-open front, and I'm still designing. Thanks for the tip!

01-13-2004, 07:30 PM	#1
dansemacabre Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Detroit MI Posts: 443 Images: 19	Lighting hood venting - Advice Please! OK, so the hood looks kinda like this (refer to attached pic). The front is the same as the back, minus the fans. Should I put slits for ventilation in the top and sides, or are the openings in the front and back on the hood sufficient? I've got a couple of large [acronym:7ad5944ca4="Power compact fluorescent"]PC[/acronym:7ad5944ca4] fans hangin' around ('cause I'm a huge dork) and I'm going to rig them up to the 300w power supply I also have hangin' around (again, for the same reason). The hood will contain 2x250w [acronym:7ad5944ca4="Metal halide light"]MH[/acronym:7ad5944ca4] and 4x96w Actinic/03s. This tank is in the basement, which is usually cool year-round. Any ideas/thoughts/suggesstions/comments, PLEASE give them! [edit]Oh yes, and all fans are set to exhaust.[/edit]

01-16-2004, 04:35 PM	#2
dansemacabre Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Detroit MI Posts: 443 Images: 19	Anyone? __________________ 125 gallon saltwater: 55gal sump, 4 Blue-Green Chromis, Purple Tang, True Perc, Firefish, Royal Gramma, 5 Ricordea, Bubble Coral, 15 Pulsing Xenia, Green Star Polyps, Deresa clam, Green-Tip Torch Coral (about 11 "heads"!), Orange Montipora Cap, Purple M. Digitata, Green Slimer Acro. Yongei, 3 Orange M. Digitata, Pink&Green Acro. Millepora

01-16-2004, 04:42 PM	#3
Mr Burns Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: cincinnati Posts: 784	being a guitar player, i'll be using some of the 19" vented rack panels in the top of my canopy hood when i build it. they're a painted steel, but you could just as easily paint it to match your decor. you could drop two or three of the 2-space plates in the top of your for good ventilation and a clean look. i won't be buy them online b/c i can get them at any guitar center for much cheaper.... http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/...se_pid/451438/ good idea using the computer psu and case fans...if i ever need something like that, i'll definitely go with that! __________________ "If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier...just as long as I'm the dictator..." --George W. Bush, Washington, [acronym:3a5f9f69f4="Direct current"]DC[/acronym:3a5f9f69f4], Dec 18, 2000

01-17-2004, 12:53 AM	#4
dansemacabre Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Detroit MI Posts: 443 Images: 19	Excellent idea! I could try these on the top of the hood. The front openings will be made so that it doesn't look too rough, but I don't care if it doesn't look refined. Ideally, I want a swing-open front, and I'm still designing. Thanks for the tip! __________________ 125 gallon saltwater: 55gal sump, 4 Blue-Green Chromis, Purple Tang, True Perc, Firefish, Royal Gramma, 5 Ricordea, Bubble Coral, 15 Pulsing Xenia, Green Star Polyps, Deresa clam, Green-Tip Torch Coral (about 11 "heads"!), Orange Montipora Cap, Purple M. Digitata, Green Slimer Acro. Yongei, 3 Orange M. Digitata, Pink&Green Acro. Millepora

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