That was really weird. The post that you made TG that came via e-mail to me didn't show up in this thread, but the one above did.
The light unit just sits ontop of the tank. I have pics in my gallery of the tank. They are fairly old, so I need to upload some new ones once I have the new decor in place. But the hood is shown (I think). I may just take off the single light strip completly and get a double or triple light. I'm not concerned with the algae. I'd rather be battling algae in this tank and actually be able to see the fish than have dark looking fish and no algae. I assumed that I could just use any brand of lighting strip, but wanted to make sure before I went out and bought one, only to be wrong. Like they say, in Aquaria, you can't assume anything to be correct.