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Too much light spilling in from my refugium required me to do something. Since I'm totally out of black acrylic, I thought I'd get some coroplast at Hobby Lobby. However, they had none and stopped selling it. Wandering around the store, I found sheets of black foam 3mm thick, about the size of a placemat. Each sheet was $0.99, so I bought four.



I affixed it to the back of the refugium light with some velcro, allowing me to peel it off to clean it when necessary. None of the foam is actually in water. Because it is so light, the fixture isn't affected at all; it doesn't tilt whatsoever.

If you look at the tubing in this next picture, you can see some algae growth within. The Calcium Reactor was getting brown growth on the side facing the refugium, and my skimmer was growing coralline. This should help slow that problem down significantly.



I selected Lighting as the category for this entry.