Some tips/tricks/modifications for the Aqueon hood setups.

First off sorry about that I wasnt able to show me cutting the plastic on the back of the hood, I cut it then, the video had no sound so I had to do it over.
Also sorry about the quality I just did this quickly since I had the opportunity. Hope it still helps though.

Anyways, just did a small video today, on a couple things that might help you with the newer style aqueon hoods. This is the only one of this type I have so obviously my first, since I planned on using it temporarily I went ahead and did my modifications, that actually let me use it, so hopefully this will help you use yours. Now in the future you can expect me to put more videos out on tricks and tips for these hoods, since I am sure probably many people have these. There are other things I do to these hoods to make them useful for my applications but this is just a general couple and that I happened to be doing today.

Hope this helps, if you have any questions feel free to shoot me a message.
Thanks for tuning in!

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[quirqy11]

I just took the back plastic and bent it back and forth and i think it came out better in my opinion. I also did it to a 29 gallon aqueon hood and a 10 gallon tetra hood and they all look like that was made like that.

[AquariumTech]

@quirqy11 Right, thats if you want to follow the cut outs. I always put more than 1 filter in my tanks so that doesnt give me enough room. So this is just to show you how to cut it (easily mind you) to have maximum room in the back while still having it balance on the tank.

[BlackCaScorpio]

I have one of those hoods on a 20 gallon long tank. I really didn't want to break away the pre cuts they have on the hood. I don't like all the open space. So I custom cut small cuts in my hood that were just big enough to fit hooks for my filters which sit under the hood, my air lines, and my heater. So I've got maximum coverage in the back.

[AquariumTech]

@BlackCaScorpio Yea thats a personal preference thing, except if you have fish that like to jump, thats a very good thing to do. Personally I just like them as open as possible, in fact on most my tanks I run open top, or semi-covered glass tops.

[NinjaZX1400]

Hi there Aquariumtech! I´m agree with PhxRocker, use a Dremel Mototool. I have a Aqueon 55G tank, uses 2 hoods and I can cut without craks. If you can´t use a Dremel I think that (maybe) a hot wire can cut the hood better than a scissors. Just a suggestion. But, no matter, great job my friend.

[AquariumTech]

@NinjaZX1400 Yea I think I said that in the video, I was just using tin snips on this one because I figured that be what most people used. So I wanted to show them that they didnt need a Dremel tool or anything like that in case they didnt have it. Ill tell you though the old hood didnt turn out as messy as this one, and I used tin snips at least 1-2 times on older ones. The plastic on this one is just so brittle and thin.

[oldskoolsk8er1256]

is that noise the sound of the biowheel??? a bit noisy?

[PhxRocker]

I have the exact same hood.

I used a Dremel tool and it cut through it like hot butter.

Absolutely NO cracking or any problems at all.

If at all possible, use a Dremel tool (or something similar) instead of ten-snips.

Btw - Your videos are very informative, especially to those of us who are just starting out in this hobby. Keep up the good work!

[hmmh53]

The freakin Aqueon itself doesn't describe how to remove the plastic. Thanks for the video.

[AquariumTech]

@keviiinn Well thats what I was mentioning in the video. It is ok for the actual bulbs, the parts completely covered in glass to. Its any connections and etc. that you need to protect from getting wet as those are your exposed parts that have electricity running unprotected through them. Like if you have the self ballasting type bulbs which is what I used in the video, you want to cover the ballast part of them like I showed you. That way you dont lose light and your other stuff stays dry.