| Aquarium lids and hoods serve several purposes. | | | | You can usually ad most back hanging equipment |
| Hoods prevent anything from outside the tank | | | | with a hood but it can be particular to your exact |
| contaminating the water and they lower the amount | | | | hood. Many hoods are built with almost the entire |
| of evaporation of tank water. Lighting is also a big | | | | back end hollowed out to aid in adding equipment to |
| part of aquarium equipment and hoods offer great | | | | the tank. |
| accommodations for adding light. | | | | If you aren't fortunate enough to have room built |
| Hoods are most often made out of plastic or wood. | | | | into the back of the hood for your equipment you |
| Plastic hoods are very light, easy to adapt to new | | | | can simply cut away a portion of the hood to give it |
| equipment, and easy to move. Wooden hoods more | | | | room this can be much easier with a plastic hood |
| aptly match a rooms decor and give a more classic | | | | than a wooden one but isn't a greatly difficult task |
| look. | | | | either way. |
| Do not choose a hood strictly on price or looks. Many | | | | Aquarium hoods best of all give an enclosed hidden |
| of the more expensive hoods are priced that way | | | | area to add your aquarium lighting equipment. Hoods |
| due to their aesthetic appeal whereas a less | | | | often even have cabinet doors for easy access |
| expensive aquarium hood may fit better or be better | | | | similar to the stands most aquariums use but on the |
| equipped to house the lighting and equipment you | | | | top instead of under the tank. |
| may want. | | | | |