Anyone has a Aquarium hood ?

Member Posts : 12 Age : 46

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

Subject: Re: Anyone has a Aquarium hood ? Tue Oct 11, 2011 11:35 pm

Try bigalsonline.com

The Turtle Whisperer Posts : 1930

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.

Member Posts : 12 Age : 46

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

The Turtle Whisperer Posts : 1930

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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