Sorry I dont have a camera to show my tank. However I do appreciate all the ideas and I have kind of taken some of them and formed a new one and wanted to see what yall thought. First off I really dont want a hood on my aquarium for several reasons one being that is a corner aquarium that is set in a built in shelf of my house which means amost everyting about it is unconventional to most tanks so I have to keep the top uncovered. I was thinking about taking some angle iron to form a rectangle then put a sheet of window screen on it to keep the water from reaching the glass and still allow the light to go through. One problem that has come to my attention is that since the light will be only a couple of inches from the water my surface water may heat up to much and I may need to get a fan. Any other forseeable problems, any suggestions.