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[outacontrol]

Why not just get a glass top? Glass will block way less light than the egg-crate with mesh on top.

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by outacontrol

Why not just get a glass top? Glass will block way less light than the egg-crate with mesh on top.

cuz I told her it was a bad idea.....poor gas exchange

[Nano]

+1

[lastlight]

dang that's a nice wrasse. I want!

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by fishytime

cuz I told her it was a bad idea.....poor gas exchange

Ditto
If this was a FW tank, I might say different, but I'd rather have mesh and evaporation any day with SW.
Besides, the mesh and eggcrate doesn't block much more light than glass. The walls of the squares are very thin, so there's very little reflection. And glass does block a lot of the spectrum.
The eggcrate is only reflecting white light.
And ... who likes cleaning up salt creep?

[gregzz4]

Damn, I forgot all the ...... ...... ......'s

[christyf5]

That wrasse is freaking awesome! But... um... if I were you, I'd readjust your little "feeding" lid there. It looks like theres some open space? IME, fish will find a hole no matter how small or oddly placed. JMO, I've had some very determined fish over the years

Oh and I can't believe your job gave you a GC for a fish store! How awesome is that?! I like to think my friends and family know me pretty well but I still get spa and clothing store GCs for christmas and birthdays

[gregzz4]

I can't find a pic for you on the net, but there is a trapezoid-shaped door you can buy @ Home Depot ( at we can here in BC ).
Do you remember when we were kids, and you had to open the little door in the screen to open and close the window?
I was originally thinking about using one for each side of my tank and make the whole top out of bug screen with no eggcrate.
I bailed on the time-consuming idea for now, but I may do it later on.

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Just so you know ....... I totally hear the sounds of typewriters and such in the background with these tickertape posts ...... it makes it sound more news outlet-ish ....... that's a really cool wrasse ........ I like how it is named after the king of wrasse knowledge ......... I can't wait to see pictures of YOURS once he has settled in ...... nice score! ......

Thanks Tony. He's hiding right now but I did clean the glass so when he comes out I should be able to get a pic.

Originally Posted by gregzz4

Damn, I forgot all the ...... ...... ......'s

I Purposely put the ....... in to bug Tony since he mentioned them in Doug's thread.

[BlueTang<3]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

Ditto
Besides, the mesh and eggcrate doesn't block much more light than glass. The walls of the squares are very thin, so there's very little reflection. And glass does block a lot of the spectrum.
The eggcrate is only reflecting white light.
And ... who likes cleaning up salt creep?

Have you ever tested this with a par meter . I would be careful who u argue with. I tested the mesh, egg crate and glass lids vs Mike. I was totally surprised that mesh and egg crate blocked half the light as where glass blocked almost nothing. Even dirty glass was a total surprise for me. But it was a cool test with the par meter.