fredequalscool Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 Hi, I'm new to austin reef club so bear with me. I'm interested in upgrading my 55g tall in about 3 months when I move. I'm looking to move up to somewhere around a 90g but I would much like to have a canopy to cover up my lighting. I was wondering if this would be possible with a rimless tank. Also, how do I go about getting an austin reef club card? Thanks for the help -Fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+dapettit Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 Not sure a out a canopy on your rimless but here is how to become a card carrying member: Premium Member Once you become a Premium member. You can get your card at a meeting or it can be mailed to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cyrus Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 If your going to cover it anyways with a hood why go rimless? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Rangoon Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 Whether a tank has trim attached to the top & bottom won't effect the fitment of a canopy. You may be confusing the term "rimless" with "braceless" - which I'll assume is the case? Rimless means the aquarium is simply a glass/acrylic box, with no center-brace, upper or lower trim, and typically no euro-bracing either. Braceless would simply be without centerbracing in place on the top, and euro-bracing would be structurally bracing the aquarium on the top (and sometimes the bottom) with supports around the perimeter, rather than crossing over the center. So did you in fact mean putting a canopy onto a rimless aquarium? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mcallahan Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 If your going to cover it anyways with a hood why go rimless? agreed and I think crab has it...he's confused about rimless/braceless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredequalscool Posted April 24, 2010 Author Share Posted April 24, 2010 I guess ya'll are right. thanks for the help. I'll probably just go with a regular braced tank, because it would kind of be pointless to have a rimless with a canopy anyways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemonyx Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 You can do something like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KeeperOfTheZoo Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 I like the look of hanging lights. Can you get T5 pendants or is the pendant style just a MH thing? I'm thinking eventually here I'd like 2 pendants over my 6' tank but I'm not real keen on MH. Hmmmm... at the rate I'm going I'm gonna ponder lighting forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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