Need Ideas For Lighting/hood On A Tiny Hex Tank

[Katty]

I have a little 2 gallon hex that I picked up from the thrift store for like 2 bucks. Currently, I have a dinner plate on top of it just so the fish doesn't jump out, but the thing has no lighting aside from the ambient room lighting. How could I cheaply light this thing and/or cover it?

For a cover that wasn't a dinner plate, I was thinking of getting some plastic window screen material and cutting that to fit the top, but that does nothing for the lighting

Here's a picture of the top, sans plate.

Any ideas?

 

[Ashley1991]

i think clear-seal do hex lids but had a look around i can find the tank with lid but not the lid on its own ill keep searching

ash

 

[walkers101]

get a sheet of perspex and cut to size

 

[the biffster]

desk lamp one of the ones with
the extendable neck and the halogen
bulb i used run six of them on a five foot
tank the look great

http/cgi.ebay.co.uk/PHILIPS-MODERN-STYLISH-DESK-LIGHT-LAMP---ARGOS-RRP-%a330-_W0QQitemZ260618832601QQcmdZViewItem?rvr_id=&rvr_id=&cguid=691fb6b41290a0aad0b0a1c0ffdb20fe

like this one

 

[Katty]

The thing is I can't do the table lamp method because there is already a table lamp on the table and no more room It's a normal table lamp though not one of those goose-neck lamps so it doesn't shine right into the tank.

I like the perspex idea, just need to find where they carry it

 

[OldMan47]

You might check around. In addition to lamps that sit directly on the desktop, there are lamps made to clamp to things to keep the desk clutter down. I have seen them clamped to an aquarium.

 

[Katty]

I clip on one might work, I'll have to look around. I hope they have a very small one somewhere

 

[walkers101]

you can get a 9w clip on desklamp from ebay for £13 posted i had one but i destroyed it