Let's see how everyone hangs their lights. - Page 5

davocean · 08/25/2015, 08:12 PM

^^ That's a great alternative.

Bent · 08/26/2015, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by MarineGirl411

I'm sorry, but what is wrong with your wife?! Hang your damn lights from the ceiling if you want. I don't understand wives who are married to men in this hobby and they have to get permission to do something. I'm sorry, it is just kind of BS. Please don't take offense. I'm just saying.

She didn't say I couldn't do it. But she is right, if I'm going to have the thing in the living room for everyone to see, I want the blasted thing to look good.

This thread is full of win btw. You guys have all done great jobs. Let's keep it going!

Bent · 08/26/2015, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by C3hutson

Used a TV mount for my led + t5 retrofit after building a floating canopy. Going to trim and paint it this weekend.

Keep us updated on this. I really like it and I would love to see the finished product.

C3hutson · 08/31/2015, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Bent

Keep us updated on this. I really like it and I would love to see the finished product.

Got it painted. I'm really happy with it. Probably going to add a piece of thin plywood to cover the top.

Bent · 08/31/2015, 04:35 PM

I love this. I may just steal it.

Nice work.

ColinAbi · 08/31/2015, 08:30 PM

I couldn't drill any holes into the wall or ceiling so I made this.

AZRippster · 08/31/2015, 08:37 PM

Conduit works great. Second photo is after adding the Royal Blue multichip supplemental LEDs.

auntiecookie · 08/31/2015, 08:48 PM

Just conduit

dpstrand · 09/01/2015, 11:47 AM

That overhang is awesome! How stable is it?

Khouser88 · 09/01/2015, 04:35 PM

Used metal conduit and bolted it to the stand. Then hung the Reefbreeder Photon 48 by its rigging.

Bent · 09/02/2015, 04:12 AM

Yea, that aquascaping is baller dude.

williewilliams · 09/03/2015, 07:19 AM

I ran a track with RapidLED's hanging kit attached to flat aluminum stock that slides within the track to move the lights over for maintenance. Really gives the floating appearance I was after the wires are very thin. You have to look closely to see them

Lalla666 · 09/06/2015, 06:34 PM

Nice and simple and gave me some storage and height is adjustable

Lalla666 · 09/06/2015, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by ColinAbi

I couldn't drill any holes into the wall or ceiling so I made this.

I love this considering me being a electrican I love how it's made out emt

Carlos Roberto · 09/06/2015, 08:09 PM

Nice tank Khouser!, gallons?

jason2459 · 09/06/2015, 08:46 PM

Some great ideas in this thread!

I just hung my fixtures with their wire hanging kits around a strip of pressure treated wood screwed into the inside top of my canopy. Then I was able to adjust them left/right and angle them the way I wanted. I mounted the strip slightly towards the front so I could angle the light back and away from the front glass. Has helped to reduce growth of any kind there.

jason2459 · 09/06/2015, 10:13 PM

Holy monkeys, this thread gets a lot of spam bots.

downbeach · 09/07/2015, 04:44 AM

I mounted mine in the lid of my canopy. For this reason, I had to get fixtures with nothing mounted on their tops, i.e. cords, controlls, etc.

kyle.ochoa1 · 09/13/2015, 05:02 PM

After seeing this thread I realize how disgusting my lights are! I hung mine from plant hangers but didn't want to drill into the wall so attached them to a 2x4 that comes up the backside of my tank. I will be improving the astetics of my tank very soon!!!

bfortune76 · 09/13/2015, 05:20 PM

Finally got mine finished. I bent some 3/4" EMT and welded some brackets from some 1" steel strip from Home Depot.

kyle.ochoa1 · 09/13/2015, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by bfortune76

Finally got mine finished. I bent some 3/4" EMT and welded some brackets from some 1" steel strip from Home Depot.

I really like the way yours looks, very clean!

kyle.ochoa1 · 09/13/2015, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by kyle.ochoa1

After seeing this thread I realize how disgusting my lights are! I hung mine from plant hangers but didn't want to drill into the wall so attached them to a 2x4 that comes up the backside of my tank. I will be improving the astetics of my tank very soon!!!

Here's the nastyness I was talking about lol.

Bent · 09/15/2015, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by kyle.ochoa1

Here's the nastyness I was talking about lol.

That wouldn't be bad if you would straighten the lights, run the power cables up and over, cut the height of the 2x4s down and paint them.

Dro127 · 09/15/2015, 04:56 PM

Would look a lot better with some clean up^^

perkint · 09/16/2015, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Bent

That wouldn't be bad if you would straighten the lights, run the power cables up and over, cut the height of the 2x4s down and paint them.

And paint the wood. Would actually be fine then

Tim

08/25/2015, 08:12 PM	#101
davocean Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 14,655	^^ That's a great alternative. __________________ There's a fine line between owning your tank and your tank owning you! Current Tank Info: SCA 120g RR Starfire, Tunze silence 1073.02 return, 40g sump w/ fuge, SWC Extreme 160 cone skimmer,Geismann reflexx 4xT5, 2x Panorama Pro LED strips, Vortech MP40QD

08/31/2015, 04:35 PM	#105
Bent I got nothin' Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The anals Posts: 6,420	I love this. I may just steal it. Nice work. __________________ Quitters never lose. [QUOTE=CStrickland]Who gets mad at a starfish?[/QUOTE] Current Tank Info: 75g DT, 30G refugium, 10g chaeto tank, 50g stock tank basement sump

08/31/2015, 08:30 PM	#106
ColinAbi Hola Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Huntington Beach, CA Posts: 614	I couldn't drill any holes into the wall or ceiling so I made this. __________________ -Colin -"The most amazing things that can happen to a human being will happen to you, if you just lower your expectations." Current Tank Info: N/A

09/02/2015, 04:12 AM	#111
Bent I got nothin' Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The anals Posts: 6,420	Yea, that aquascaping is baller dude. __________________ Quitters never lose. [QUOTE=CStrickland]Who gets mad at a starfish?[/QUOTE] Current Tank Info: 75g DT, 30G refugium, 10g chaeto tank, 50g stock tank basement sump

09/06/2015, 08:46 PM	#116
jason2459 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Iowa Posts: 9,671	Some great ideas in this thread! I just hung my fixtures with their wire hanging kits around a strip of pressure treated wood screwed into the inside top of my canopy. Then I was able to adjust them left/right and angle them the way I wanted. I mounted the strip slightly towards the front so I could angle the light back and away from the front glass. Has helped to reduce growth of any kind there. __________________ rebuild and recovery log: No more red house, you'll have to click on my name and visit my homepage! You can check out my parameters at reeftronics dot net website and look for my username. Current Tank Info: 180g mixed reef w/ a beananimal overflow to a dolomite RRUGF. \| 20g long G. Smithii Mantis Tank

08/31/2015, 08:48 PM	#108
auntiecookie Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Arcadia ca Posts: 178	Just conduit

09/01/2015, 11:47 AM	#109
dpstrand Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 897	That overhang is awesome! How stable is it?

09/01/2015, 04:35 PM	#110
Khouser88 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 8	Used metal conduit and bolted it to the stand. Then hung the Reefbreeder Photon 48 by its rigging.

09/06/2015, 06:34 PM	#113
Lalla666 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Eas Posts: 72	Nice and simple and gave me some storage and height is adjustable

09/06/2015, 08:09 PM	#115
Carlos Roberto Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 33	Nice tank Khouser!, gallons?

09/06/2015, 10:13 PM	#117
jason2459 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Iowa Posts: 9,671	Holy monkeys, this thread gets a lot of spam bots. __________________ rebuild and recovery log: No more red house, you'll have to click on my name and visit my homepage! You can check out my parameters at reeftronics dot net website and look for my username. Current Tank Info: 180g mixed reef w/ a beananimal overflow to a dolomite RRUGF. \| 20g long G. Smithii Mantis Tank

09/07/2015, 04:44 AM	#118
downbeach Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Smyrna, Delaware Posts: 3,767	I mounted mine in the lid of my canopy. For this reason, I had to get fixtures with nothing mounted on their tops, i.e. cords, controlls, etc.

09/13/2015, 05:02 PM	#119
kyle.ochoa1 Registered Member Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 10	After seeing this thread I realize how disgusting my lights are! I hung mine from plant hangers but didn't want to drill into the wall so attached them to a 2x4 that comes up the backside of my tank. I will be improving the astetics of my tank very soon!!! __________________ Using Tapatalk

09/13/2015, 05:20 PM	#120
bfortune76 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 158	Let's see how everyone hangs their lights. Finally got mine finished. I bent some 3/4" EMT and welded some brackets from some 1" steel strip from Home Depot.

09/15/2015, 04:56 PM	#124
Dro127 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 11	Would look a lot better with some clean up^^