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05/16/2006, 03:17 PM
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Location: Wentzville, MO
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Egg crate or glass?
I have a 90 gallon overflow tank and T5 lighting. Should I do egg crate on top or a glass top? I have a glass top that came with it, but it isn't on yet. No fish in the tank yet, but i need to do something to prevent jumping fish once i do have some. Will the glass contain the heat too much? The lighting has a splash guard, so i don't have to worry about keeping water away from the fixture.
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05/16/2006, 03:27 PM
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I would use eggcrate. Glass limits the gas exchange and gets dirty from salt creep which blocks the light.
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05/16/2006, 03:29 PM
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Everyone will try to play the heat card, but I have a glass top with mh's a couple of inches away with no heat problems. I used to have an open top and my temp. would fluctuate about 2 degrees between day and night. Now with the glass top, it doesn't even fluctuate a 1/2 degree. I pull it off once a week and wipe it clean with newspaper. Works great.
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05/16/2006, 03:34 PM
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05/16/2006, 03:56 PM
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Eggcrate
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05/16/2006, 04:02 PM
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I have Acrylic covers on my acrylic tank. I also run 600W of T5 lighting. I have yet to have an over heating problem and I don't even run a chiller. I have several expensive fish that like to jump and the covers are the best thing to keep them in the tank.
Gas exchange is not a problem because I have a sump.
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05/16/2006, 04:18 PM
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Even with glass on the tank the gas exchange is being done in the tank. You will be restricting this alot with glass covers.
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05/16/2006, 04:27 PM
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Eggcrate.
Actually---if you keep your tank peaceful and the fish with plenty of room you won't tend to have jumpers. Now watch--if you take my advice, it's bound to happen. But I have firefish and gobies and no lid at all, and thus far no one has even broken the water surface: tank running since January.
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05/16/2006, 05:01 PM
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eggcrate!
i recently lost my Blenny by him jumping out one night. nothing in the tank ever bothered him. i didnt see him at feeding time. so i went looking. took down most the rock. looked in the sump, overflows, powerheads. i found him behind the tank, dead. you should have something on there, but im not a fan of glass tops for SW. they dont let the tank breathe enough, even with a sump.
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