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fisholli
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PostSubject: Anyone has a Aquarium hood ?   Anyone has a Aquarium hood ? EmptyWed Oct 05, 2011 12:24 pm

My 14 gallon aguarium hoods one of the light is not working. the metal screw where we screw in the bulbs broke and now i just got one light Crying or Very sad any one has any idea where i can find some cheap hood? the hood is same size as 10 gallon tank. its pretty costly in walmart and other stores
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PostSubject: Re: Anyone has a Aquarium hood ?   Anyone has a Aquarium hood ? EmptyTue Oct 11, 2011 11:35 pm

Try bigalsonline.com
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PostSubject: Re: Anyone has a Aquarium hood ?   Anyone has a Aquarium hood ? EmptyWed Oct 12, 2011 11:51 am


For basking lights for turtles I use something like these:
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Bayco-8.5-Clamp-Light/14003467

I've used them with CFL bulbs on a glass canopy on tanks with fish in them too. If you have a custom molded lid/hood combo, you may just have to scrap it. That said, if it's a metal screw like incandescent light fixture, you may be able to get the parts to fix that for pretty cheap at a hardware store.

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PostSubject: Re: Anyone has a Aquarium hood ?   Anyone has a Aquarium hood ? EmptyWed Jan 11, 2012 11:59 am

the problem is those screws got rusted and when i tried removing them the head of screw got destroyed. i will need to remove it some other way
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PostSubject: Re: Anyone has a Aquarium hood ?   Anyone has a Aquarium hood ? EmptyWed Jan 11, 2012 9:44 pm

Dremel, small crimpers or bolt cutters.

To keep the metal bits from rusting out, either coat them with some nail polish or gaff tape a piece of plastic (say a clear lid from a chinese food take out container) over the metal areas for the lights so the condensation doesn't get there as easily.

You have to make sure the bulb is still vented somehow with the plastic method and to not get nail polish on any of the bits that get hot the other way. Smile
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