aquarium cover made from acrylic?
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Topic: aquarium cover made from acrylic?
Posted By: ecfarr
Subject: aquarium cover made from acrylic?
Date Posted: March 28 2006 at 9:59am
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i need a cover for my 29 g aquarium. could i use acrylic to make it or would it warp to much over time |
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Posted By: dnellans
Date Posted: March 28 2006 at 10:16am
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it will warp too much unless you use something fairly thick which is more expensive than glass. why do you want to cover your aquarium? covering it prevents gas exchange, makes heat build up quickly, and decreases the intensity of the lights as salt spray gets on the cover. i think most people here would say the cons far out weight the benifits. -dave |
Posted By: Rocky
Date Posted: March 28 2006 at 10:41am
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If you are covering you aquarium due to wanting to keep critters in you might want to use light difuser, also known as egg crate...it's not too expensive and is easy to cut to size.
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Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: March 28 2006 at 8:11pm
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Yeah, what Dave said. ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member 
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Posted By: Adam Haycock
Date Posted: March 29 2006 at 7:50pm
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What Mark said ------------- 
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Posted By: Mike Savage
Date Posted: March 29 2006 at 8:07pm
What Adam said  -------------  |