Open tops with Mbuna?

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JoeBel

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Just checking to see if anyone has open tops on their tanks. I'm thinking about getting rid of my glass tops & getting the coralife adjustable mounting brackets for my single aqualight. The glass tops get so dirty & are so cumbersome when cleaning. I also love the look of the open water, much more evenly distributes the light too.

Gauging how likely I'd have a lot of jumpers or any probs with water condensing onto my aqualight. I know I'll have a lot more evaporation but don't mind it.

FYI, I have about 17 mbuna in a 55g. I have had one isolated jumper that launched out during a feeding frenzy. I know there's no foolproof way, but haven't had any jump when I've had the tops off for cleaning over the months.

Thanks for any input!
 
thanks for the input. Well I guess I can get something to substitute that I could more easily cut out slots for the mounts. I'm just suprised no companies have come out with tops that can be used in conjuction with those adjustable legs.
 
Bogwoodbruce;3000330; said:
We've got a 4x3x2 tank at work with Mbuna and a few haps. Its an open topped setup with sump. So far i dont think that we've had any fish jump or at least none that im aare of.

Looks greta with an hangind light were running and aluminare (spelling)
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Thanks for the input. I'm going to take my chances against some of the advice. My upper-scale LFS has all open tanks with a ton of AC's and they said they very rarely have losses from jumping. We'll see what happens, I know it's not foolproof.
 
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