marchmaxima
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Hey all... Happy Easter!
Well, things have been going really well with my tank. I stocked it on the 9th of March, and didn't have a single death. The scissortails and the harlequin rasboras appear to be really happy and are schooling all together in one big group. I really couldn't be happier with how it's turned out. (again, for the billionth time, thank you!)
My only loss was when one of the HRs jumped out of a tiny gap at the back of the tank, so I've put a towel there to patch it for now.
What I need now is advice on how to fix up the top of the tank. There's a glass cover that doesn't properly fit. It is longer and wider than the tank itself and even though the corners are cut, it doesn't fit at all and needs to be slightly angled.
The light fixture (pictured upside down below) is a free standing one. I was thinking of replacing it with one of those light reflectors that attaches to the sides, but whenever I've seen it used/demo'd, the tank has no cover. It doesn't even look like you could use a glass cover with it... Is anyone doing this?
On the left and right sides, there are glass "shelves" on the inside of the tank. I imagine are there to support a piece of glass. I also assume that if you have these things you can't attach these particular light fixtures. Is this the case, and what do others do?
Ideally I would like to get 2 WPG of light. I don't want to go down the CO2 path on this tank. I can't get to 2 WPG with a single globe reflector because they only sell up to 20W globes here. If I want more light, I need a double reflector. It's be nice if it didn't just sit on the glass as it does now, but if it has to, it's better than nothing.
Anyway, I've posted some pics here of the current set up. Should I get the glass top re-cut so it fits over the tank or so it sits on the shelf? Should I dump it in favour of another idea? How do other people close gaps so that their spritely little fish don't do death dives?
Current Set up - Towel covering gaps where fish can jump
Side View - No Towel. Red circle shows where I think the fish got out. The blue circle shows the "shelves" where I'm guessing the glass should sit. Note: those shelves don't go all the way to the back and as ou can see, I have pipes there.
Front view. You can certainly see here it just does not fit.
Well, things have been going really well with my tank. I stocked it on the 9th of March, and didn't have a single death. The scissortails and the harlequin rasboras appear to be really happy and are schooling all together in one big group. I really couldn't be happier with how it's turned out. (again, for the billionth time, thank you!)
My only loss was when one of the HRs jumped out of a tiny gap at the back of the tank, so I've put a towel there to patch it for now.
What I need now is advice on how to fix up the top of the tank. There's a glass cover that doesn't properly fit. It is longer and wider than the tank itself and even though the corners are cut, it doesn't fit at all and needs to be slightly angled.
The light fixture (pictured upside down below) is a free standing one. I was thinking of replacing it with one of those light reflectors that attaches to the sides, but whenever I've seen it used/demo'd, the tank has no cover. It doesn't even look like you could use a glass cover with it... Is anyone doing this?
On the left and right sides, there are glass "shelves" on the inside of the tank. I imagine are there to support a piece of glass. I also assume that if you have these things you can't attach these particular light fixtures. Is this the case, and what do others do?
Ideally I would like to get 2 WPG of light. I don't want to go down the CO2 path on this tank. I can't get to 2 WPG with a single globe reflector because they only sell up to 20W globes here. If I want more light, I need a double reflector. It's be nice if it didn't just sit on the glass as it does now, but if it has to, it's better than nothing.
Anyway, I've posted some pics here of the current set up. Should I get the glass top re-cut so it fits over the tank or so it sits on the shelf? Should I dump it in favour of another idea? How do other people close gaps so that their spritely little fish don't do death dives?
Current Set up - Towel covering gaps where fish can jump
Side View - No Towel. Red circle shows where I think the fish got out. The blue circle shows the "shelves" where I'm guessing the glass should sit. Note: those shelves don't go all the way to the back and as ou can see, I have pipes there.
Front view. You can certainly see here it just does not fit.