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View Poll Results: Do you use a Glass Top? | |||
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47 | 19.83% |
No |
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191 | 80.59% |
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 237. You may not vote on this poll |
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![]() i voted both yes and no.... if i am using a canopy then no... no canopy then yes usually with the exvception of in the summer as it restricts evap and the temp gets too high...
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72 Gallon Bowfront Reef.. Hardware:2x250w Luminex Elite HQI Reflectors (Phoenix Hexarc Bulbs), Galaxy 2x250w Electronic ballast, Euroreef 130 Skimmer, Sedra KSP 7000 Retern... Live Stock: Pair of Hawaiian Flame Wrasse, Leopard Wrasse, Pink Streaked Wrasse, Pair True Percula Clowns, Potters Angel, African Flameback Angel, Orange Fin Tomini Tang, Yellow Assessor, Tailspot Blenny, Purple Firefish.. 45 G FW Asain Barb Community tank. |
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![]() i built a canopy&my vertex hangs 12 " above the water
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![]() No glass top on the tank but glass shields on my MH fixtures.
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![]() Interesting thought. The G2 has acrylic glass the best i can tell. Acrylic will transmit down to 300nm so thats some UV. You would think lighting manufacturers would consider this stuff...
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![]() I don't know if this will help, I have a glass shield on my 400w mh with a glass top. last month I decided to take my glass top off so I don't have to clean my glass top all the time.(I am not lazy just try to make things easier
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![]() A sudden increase in UV rays can cause your corals to bleach. That's why they need to be acclimated to your tank by starting them off in lower areas and slowly moving them up.
Depends on the conditions they came from. I'm using Lexan lids on my tank, but that's mainly to decrease the amount of evaporation.
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![]() I don't recommend a glass top, the tank does better when it can "breathe"
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led, maxspect, reef, ultra violet |
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