hood

I am about to go pick up a 55 gallon tank w/ stand, but it does not come with a hood/lighting or whatever. I believe it is 48" long. I was thinking about just getting a piece of plexiglass stuff and putting it on top, then buying 2 regular sized florecent lights to sit on top of that. I'm not...

Hello all, I got a tank off craigslist and the hood light switch seems to be jammed (it's a standard Aqueon Flourescent strip and has the push-in type switch). I (and the previous owner) thought the switch was stuck due to hard water stains, but I cleaned the switch with citric acid and it can...