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I just bought a 20 long aquarium with the light strip but no glass aquarium cover. can I add the lighting without a glass cover? I know I am going to have to have one at some point because there will be marbled hatchetfish.
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| If it is just for a very brief period, maybe. But it could be unsafe in the long run as water can get up into the electrical strip light. Are you waiting to buy a cover or do you just not want one on the tank? With the hatchetfish, definitely. They are 'jumpers'.
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I am waiting to get the money for a cover.
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Most of my tanks do not have covers, but they have either pendant lights (LEDs) or fluorescent strips that are on "legs" to raise them a few inches above the top of the tank.
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well, I won't add plants for about a month or so so the lighting can wait altogethor. I just decided that I am going to probably take the whole summer to get supplies, fully aquascape, setup, and add fish.
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