Light spillover

[scottch]

Have a hang on the back AI hydra and the amount of light spillover into my office is pretty substantial. Anyone have any good ideas for dealing with all the excess light that doesn't stay in the aquarium?

It's a rimless tank so a hood probably isn't a super great option that and my stand is kind of an antiqued looking thing that would be hard to match. Is a hood though the only thing I can really do or does someone have another creative idea?

 

[LQT]

Are you able to lower the height of the fixture?

 

[Ron Reefman]

Make a shade to fit on the fixture? I think very thin acrylic would work OK.

 

[jayball]

Are you able to lower the height of the fixture?

This,

Make a shade to fit on the fixture? I think very thin acrylic would work OK.

or this. (think of this one like a small floating canopy)

 

[Hentz]

I have the Hydra 26HD over my rimless Reefer 170 in the living room.
It's also mounted on the back, though I allowed it to have the SLIGHTEST tilt in, which reduces a lot of spill. I'm also running it 10" off the water surface which helps a lot too

 

[Brock0019]

I've just come to accept it, unfortunately until I can make a canopy to help reduce the spillage things will just have some extra blue tint to them