lossman,
The board usually is not there but I had to move it to take the pictures. Its an LED moonlight bar I made. Its usually all the way to the front of the tank edge and blocks no light when there. It sits on 2 very small 45 degree wedges on the sides so it directs the light back into all of the tank. Its only 1 3/4" wide
Now if I could get rid of the tank brace in the middle I would be happy