Fish: Re: [tropical fish club] My light went on the fritz

I've had plexiglass warp and yellow from light, too. And I worry if it gets hot it may give off fumes. Glass won't do that!

I'm using plexiglass covers on many of my tanks, tho. I suspend the lights over the tank, don't have them sitting right on it - works great for the tank on the lower half of the tank stand or if they start to take over your kitchen countertops.

The plexiglass covers do warp over time, I just flip them over every water change. It's better to cut them a little big than have them just fit, because if they only just fit then when they sag then a cat jumps on them in they go, scaring fish and cat.

--- In tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com, bill 1433 <warrenprint@...> wrote:
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> Hi Donna,
>
> You can get the Plexiglass at the same place where you
> would have gotten the regular 1/4 inch plate glass, the
> glass shop.
>
> BUT????? Cheaper than the glass? I would have to see it
> to believe it! Its the other way around here in PA.
>
> Also thickness????? the plastic will have more give than the
> glass UNLESS---it is the same thickness and again this adds to the cost. This being the case, it may buckel from the weight of
> the light on top if not thick enough, even if the light extends from tank side to tank side.
>
> Be carefull and do not plug the light in until you are satisfied with
> everything and its support.
>
> Last, the plastic will do what we call "craze"; very tiny lines
> in it and making it unclear over time. Even if it is cheaper out
> your way, who wants to do the job twice?
>
> Bill
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> --- On Mon, 9/5/11, Donna King <donnalynneking@...> wrote:
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> > From: Donna King <donnalynneking@...>
> > Subject: Re: [tropical fish club] My light went on the fritz
> > To: "tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com" <tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com>
> > Date: Monday, September 5, 2011, 11:25 AM
> > Where do you buy the plexiglass?
> >
> > Donna
> >
> >
> > >________________________________
> > >From: John Buford <jbuf@...>
> > >light went on the fritz
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> > >
> > >
> > >or you use a sheet of plexiglass cheaper, less weight
> > and easier towork with than glass.
> > >
> > >
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