indymatt Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 So I bought a used Oceanic Biocube. The good news was that it had the 150W HQI clamp on light, the bad news is that it did not have the glass UV shield that the Coralife unit now has. I want to run a Phoenix 14K bulb and it is not a UV shielded bulb. As a side note this is very bad, you can cook your corals, burn your eyes, and several other bad things that can happen when running an unshielded bulb. So I did some research and bought a piece of True Vue Conservation Grade glass that blocks 99% of UV rays from a custom framing shop for $10. This replaced the aluminum grate and fits like a glove. The question I have is does this all sound good? I am using the glass cover over the aquarium as well so there is little chance that the light/glass will be splashed. Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReefNewby82 Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 What were the results of this project? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indymatt Posted November 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 The result was contacting coralife and they sent me a shield free of charge. You need tempured glass and no one locally could do a small piece. The non- tempured conservation glass cracked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReefNewby82 Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 Well that is pretty cool of them...glad that got taken care of! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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