I have a 36" aquarium which I have 2 fixtures on right now. One is a 36"
T5 fixture and the other is a 30" power compact one. The power compact fixture is new and I'm concerned about placing it directly on my glass top. This is a planted tank but I thought this would be a good place to post this anyways. Here are the options I came up with:
Glass top the way it is now -- will the power compact get too
hot?
Glass top with the legs for the coralife power compact fixture -- seems like it would work but would there be any problems with the legs on the glass top?
Open top -- don't think I can do this because the fixture is 6 inches shorter than the tank but it would work with my
T5 fixture.
Egg crate with fixtures sitting directly on top -- gets rid of the heat but increases evaporation quite a bit.
Egg crate with the mounting legs -- I guess the legs will help to get better coverage especially since the tank is longer than the fixture but my concern is whether the fixture would be too heavy on the legs for the egg crate to hold up, I'm not sure how sturdy this stuff is.
