mh heating up my hood

[Katfsh]

ok I have two 250w mh over my 90gal and they are heating up the hood to the point of burning the wood. All I have for reflectors is some flashing that I put up at first to hold me over till I could get some ordered and that has been almost six months ago. The bulbs are about and inch and half from the top. should i Move them even further from the top? I just dont want them to close to the water. Will real reflectors help keep the heat back? What does everyone suggest?
katfsh

 

[Anonymous]

If it were me I'd definitely put some spacers between the reflector and the hood, the air that's between it should keep the wood from scorching.

 

[SlipperMan]

Definitely drop the reflector a bit. I put up my new 250w DE MH over a frag vat and mounted it directly to the wood (knew it was a bad idea until I could get bolts). Yeah, that wood got REALLY hot after four hours.

Spent $3 on some nuts, bolts, and washers.....problem solved. Only thing I'd change is the way I put the bolts in, the wrong way! Now I have to completely remove the bolts to change out a bulb. Doh!