Before and now

[sica118]

So I it has been about 4 months since i started this hobby and this is what I have. What do yall think? Any suggestions tips etc.

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[ringo®]

Looking good. You may want to raise the lights a bit. Condensation and salt creep will probably find their way in being that close.

 

[sica118]

Yeah that's is definitely something I need to get around to doing. Any suggestion on how though? I don't want to screw them in the wall or ceiling.


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[ringo®]

You could do bent conduit off the back of the stand and hang the lights from there. Doesn't look like you have too much room to work back there though.

 

[sica118]

No not at all. A solid 5 inches


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[porpoiseaquatics]

I did a bent conduit across from each end and hung mine from that. I spanned a 6' tank with 1/2" conduit and hung 3 units with no problem at all. You will either have to notch the stand a little or use a block of wood below the trim to keep the conduit flush. Probably cost you around $30 to do it. One hint...paint it black so it doesn't stand out so much. I used electrical conduit.

 

[bkostuch]

Looks good, where about in Senoia are you, Im down here as well. Whats the depth of the tank?

 

[tbub1221]

Very nice looking

 

[catgirl29]

I like your rock work a lot. Looks good!

 

[bcavalli]

Looking very nice! I look forward to seeing your progress.

 

[crew]

Tank looks great.

+1 on raising your lights. It will be better for the lights, themselves, and you'll get much better spread on that middle section of your tank.

 

[genesis]

Looks good. I would recommend raising the lights to get a better spread over the whole tank. You could either build a canopy and suspend them in there or build a bracket to hang them from

 

[russ-iv]

if those are the 2w bridgelux chinese mars aqua boxes, those are generally best viewed 8-12 above the tank.

5 inches is enough room behind your tank to use some 1/2 conduit to hang from. if it was me i would take a heat gun to the end of the conduit and stick a metal rod in there and bend an elbow over the tank. you could just say screw it and use an elbow premade and hang it from there. (think a large candy cane attached to your stand and arching above the open water.

 

[sica118]

Near ec middle and its 18 inches deep


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[sica118]

Thanks everyone it is slowly getting there. Russ that sounds like a great idea I definitely need to figure something out for the lights.


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[sica118]

Does anybody know what this white thing is on my mushroom?

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[russ-iv]

Sica118;1038646 wrote: Thanks everyone it is slowly getting there. Russ that sounds like a great idea I definitely need to figure something out for the lights.


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purpoiseaquatics had the same idea. js.

anyway. those boxes should be at least 8 inches above the water.

looking good though broskie!

 

[sica118]

Yes they did that's a long name to spell though ha. I appreciate the advice from all of you.


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[ghbrewer]

Double post

 

[ghbrewer]

These are reasonable enough, and I liked them when I had them on another tank. They are sturdy and adjustable.