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Most people with an aquarium have some sort of top or canopy to cover it. The most common types are plastic hoods and glass canopies. Plastic hoods do not have enough light to be used on reef aquariums. They also are not clear to allow you to use the high powered lighting that...

Since I started my 240 gallon reef aquarium over 2 years ago I have wanted to make an aquarium canopy for it.  Finally I got around to it.  I built the canopy because I wanted to add supplemental T-5 lighting and to help keep in the humidity and heat in the aquarium.  Since the 240 reef aquarium is in the basement I have a hard time keeping the aquarium warm in the winter.  Trapping the heat from the metal halide lighting in the canopy should help heat the water. The aquarium canopy is build out of oak 1x2's, 1x3's and...

I have a bunch of clear mesh material left over from making my clear mesh aquarium tops and needed a divider for one of my saltwater aquariums.  I decided that I could make a divider using PVC and the clear mesh.  These dividers can be used to isolate fish from each other, isolate fish from certain areas of the aquarium or get creative and come up with different dividers or cages that can have many uses in the aquarium. The first thing you need to do is get the supplies.  The items needed are four 1/2" PVC elbows, 1/2" PVC...