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Here are two very good on-line forums where lots of people have  
discussed making hoods and light fixtures.
http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/
http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/
One very nice looking one was made of PVC pipe, split along  the  
length, baked in an oven to soften it, and reformed into a hood.   
Just visit the DIY sub-forums and look through them.  I have my split  
wooden hood on APC, with photos, etc.

About metal frames for tanks:  what ever you do, don't use a metal  
that corrodes.  Years ago I had a tank, my first one, that had a  
steel frame, which rusted out within a couple of years.  Even  
aluminum can corrode.  Stainless steel is about the only metal that  
will be trouble free.   But, it really makes no sense to use a frame,  
with the good silicone sealants/adhesives we have available today.   
Almost no commercial tanks are built today that don't rely upon the  
silicone to hold them together.

There is a very good thread on one of those forums about how to make  
a frameless tank, with excellent instructions for doing it.

Vaughn H.

On Sep 17, 2006, at 10:39 PM, Davorin Palijan wrote:

> Hello everybody,
>
> every few years I drop out of lurking mode and it seems its time
> for another question.
> It's about resealing the tank, and I couldn't find answers in the
> archives...
> I'm in the proces of redoing the 200L tank-hood-stand (all DIY-ed
> some 6 years ago) and would like to make tank with metal frame.
> After tearing the old tank apart (which was easier to do than I
> expected) I decided not to trust only to silicone to hold all
> that water in place. So, I would very much apreciate any
> sugestions on doing glass/metal frame/silicone tank (how much
> larger the frame should be, what metal should i use, asembling
> of the whole thing together...). And I would like to know about
> the principle behind the silicone sealant - is it chemicaly
> bonding with glass or just adhering to it? Is it necesarry to
> sand the surfaces of old joints in order to be shure there are
> no traces of old silicone?
> Regarding hood - I have two part folding hood (I think George
> Booth's webpage was the place where I saw the idea long time
> ago) and would like to know if some new DIY ideas came along
> recently (I'm not so agile lurker as I was before).
>
> Thank you, this list did wonders for me (and my plants/fish) and
> still is most relevant source of information on aquarium
> gardening.
>
> Thank you people,
> Davorin Palijan, Croatia
>
>
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