<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11883486#post11883486 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Me No Nemo
Hi Dave, yes, there are some bands on the very top. I've just chosen to space my SPS up there so they fall directly under the lights. Not really much of a problem IMO, as the light fans out to full cover fairly high up. Also, depends on how high up you mount the lights and how high up you build your rock. I would say balancing that against the growth and color I'm getting and the pluses of no heat issues, the cloud cover, moonset, moonrise, sunset, sunrise and the ability to dial in the light colors to individual preferences, it's a minor problem. Even the corals that span large areas on top don't seem to be affected by it at this point. I'll try to get some shots of that when I get more pics so you can gauge for yourself if it would be a negative for you. I've really not had anyone who's seen the tank in person call it out as a problem. On the one pics where it's pretty obvious, I believe the sand still hadn't settled and I had the white lights up pretty high.
Tom did a final coat on the stain today and put a first coat of satin varnish on the doors. He's goal is to get the second coat on the doors tomorrow and the varnish on the cabinet...at least the first coat. He's going with two coats. I"ll get some pics, hopefully tomorrow, with the canopy up on the hinges and also a top down so you can see the access. I feel like it's working very nicely the way it's designed. We don't have any problems so far getting into the tank.
I've definitely got to get him out but it's turned into a huge challenge due to the staining. We are trying to keep water off the wood until the second coat of varnish is on and that lends to problems trying to catch him. I've lent my trap out and it hasn't come back yet, so I guess I'll have to buy a new one. I've had to remove two SPS corals that he's done in, so out he goes! 
