Mounting a TV above an aquarium.

[Andy]

Space is getting tight in my family room and I would like to be able
to see my TV AND my 55 gallon tank from my couch. So, I thought it
would be cool to mount my TV on top of my aquarium. Has anyone ever
done anything like this before. I've seen TVs on top of fireplaces,
but I haven't seen much in the way of aquariums.

Andy

[NetMax]

No significant issues to this. There's a higher hunidity level as you
get closer to the top of the tank, but I think TVs are typically rated
to something like 85% non-condensing humidity, and tanks have fairly
tight glass covers on them anyways.

Try to position your tank a bit lower and closer to the wall, and put
the TV on a bracket to pull it away from the wall. Ideal would be to
have the TV front about 1/3 of the tank's width back from the tank
front, so you have access to the tank for cleaning & feeding, and the
focal depth is close (TV to the inside of the tank), and most of the
TV's light effects will not blast down into the tank freaking the fish
out.

The aquarium stand becomes a good place to install the centre speaker,
but try not to have it make mechanical contact as the vibrations will
mess with the fish's behavior.

Now as you watch TV, your fish will watch you, in the stroboscopic
effects of the TV's light intensity. ;~)

NetMax

[denizen]

On Dec 1, 9:40 am, NetMax <computeral...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>  Ideal would be to
> have the TV front about 1/3 of the tank's width back from the tank
> front, so you have access to the tank for cleaning & feeding, and the
> focal depth is close (TV to the inside of the tank), and most of the
> TV's light effects will not blast down into the tank freaking the fish
> out.
>

I'm thinking that if the screen were above and behind the tank, the
fish could watch TV too. Or else mount the TV behind the aquarium to
view it through the tank, so the fish can see it even better. They
might enjoy Jacques Cousteau, or even old Sea Hunt episodes with Lloyd
Bridges. LOL.
d.