I just installed a light fixture, which hold 2 4 foot long 34 watt t8 bulbs. It hangs 5" above the top of my 3 foot long 30 gallon tank. I intentionally installed it to hang above and over the ends of the tank so that the houseplants on either side of the tank would benefit from the light, as...
One of my cories did the same thing, in the same kind of filter. I was sure he was dead, but when I pulled the uplift tube off, he swam out the other end.
Wow, yours are fat! I bought 15 skinny little ones from Petsmart yesterday. I only wanted 10, but seeing how skinny they were, I decided to get extras, just in case.
This is a rough drawing of the tank stand that I'd like to build.
It would have 4"x4" posts at each corner, with notches cut in the inside corners to support 1" plywood shelves for the aquariums to sit on. I would have 2"x4" lumber as additional support and cover the whole thing with 1/4"...