On the 46 bow there is enough room for the hinged cover to open in front of the light box. Actually, it's pretty easy to put a hinge in. Either buy two pieces of glass or have a glass shop cut your existing piece lengthwise. The plastic hinge thing just snaps on each side. How to find the plastic hinge? The glass shop should be able to help & I've seen them on one of the internet aquarium sites. I just can't remember which at the moment. I've had too many fish go "over the wall" to not use a cover.
It would be a total pain to need to remove the light fixture every time you wanted to stick your arm inside (almost daily for me).
I use pressurized CO2 with a continuous pH meter (not controller) and will never, ever go back. |