tank hoods

[green giant]

i think it just makes them look nicer. just kidding, in my planted tank i have a larger hood because i need extra lighting.

 

[duke33]

Cool.

 

[davo]

I think it's a bit weird, and like said, makes it look like you have another cabinet on top of the tank. The only thing I think would be cool, is because you can have a hood that allows you to have the lights higher up which gives a lighting affect I really like, but other than that, I've got nothing.

 

[ercnan]

wow. nice tank.

really nice gold severum too

Thanks TVM.
Raised that Sev. from quarter sized. Others have come and gone, but that one stays. Any new fish give it problems, they go.
Only fish I can remove from the tank with my hands.

 

[CichlidsGoneWild]

I'm not a big fan of big heavy wooden canopy because I like the idea of easy maintenance. I do think tank with big wooden canopy does look nicer and looks more like a piece of furniture than just an ordinary fish tank. I think All Glass make pretty nice looking plastic hood but they're not mean for freshwater as the salt will just build up everywhere.

I just got a Jebo 120 gal tank and it came with an aluminum hood rather than the bulky big hood. It was either this or glass cover so I'm happy with what came with it. I think this is all about person perference and someone have aquarium service people that come to their home to clean their tank so ease of mainainance is not as issue to them.

 

[Wolf3101]

I like the idea of enclosing the lights...having the option of hiding extra equipment and tying the look of the entire unit into a whole. I usually build my own to suit whatever needs we have at the moment.

 

[loach43]

I've shifted to using glass hoods just because I like the look but I do miss being able to just lay asst. junk on top of the tank.