Eggcrate?

[Taryn]

I apologize for the stupid question, but I'm not sure what an eggcrate is. None of my reef books show what it actually is. (There are only illustrated in the sump diagrams.) Google Image search shows it to be the wavy foam stuff that people sleep on. Is this correct? If so, does it need to be replaced occasionally?

Thanks. This has been bugging me for a while.

[Rob]

its the covers that go over lighting in a drop ceiling..

i know there are pics on one of the members tank journals, but i cant remember which one.. i will look for it

[CarmieJo]

I it is in Dreams journal, post 45.

[Taryn]

Thanks for the help!

[Raggamuffin]

the foam eggcrate you found is NOT it :) I thought the very same thing when I first heard the term I think my response was "HUR?!?! :eek: " then I remembered back to my carpentry days and that it also meant "interconnected grid-like slats" in this case plastic.

[Rob]

I it is in Dreams journal, post 45.
Thanks is carmie

here is a link to that post for you to see what it looks like
http://www.talkingreef.com/forums/showpost.php?p=12848&postcount=45

[V]

more to the point, where do u buy it, and is it packaged and labeled as eggcreate sheets?

[Rob]

you should be able to buy it at any hardware or home improvment store.
i got mine at the corner hardware store

[CarmieJo]

Thanks is carmie

here is a link to that post for you to see what it looks like
http://www.talkingreef.com/forums/showpost.php?p=12848&postcount=45 Hey Rob, how do you make the specific post link show up like that?

[Kevin McG]

It is also and more properly named light diffuser. Home Depot sells it in sheets in the lighting isle for $10.

[fat walrus]

It is also and more properly named light diffuser. Home Depot sells it in sheets in the lighting isle for $10.
available in white, black, silver, and gold. do not get the metallic colored ones, the metallic paint chips off. it is called eggcrate because early american chicken farmers used a similar grid inside wooden crates to hold eggs from rolling around enroute to the marketplace.

[Rob]

It is also and more properly named light diffuser. Home Depot sells it in sheets in the lighting isle for $10.
thanks kevin, i knew there was another name, i just couldn't remember it.. (my local hardware store actually had it labels as "egg crate"

[Rob]

Hey Rob, how do you make the specific post link show up like that?
if you look in the top right corner of each post there is a post number.. clicking that will take you to a page that shows only that post. you can get the URL there.. :)

[CarmieJo]

if you look in the top right corner of each post there is a post number.. clicking that will take you to a page that shows only that post. you can get the URL there.. :) Thanks Rob.

[Kevin McG]

thanks kevin, i knew there was another name, i just couldn't remember it.. (my local hardware store actually had it labels as "egg crate"

Thats funny, I was just at the Home Depot and it is labeled that way also. I though it was just a term that people came up with :eek:

[Rob]

lol.. yeah.. i wasnt sure if it was a hobby name or not.. because i knew (once you reminded me of it) there was another name..

guess it really is egg crate.. :)