finally hung my light fixture :)

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Jack Dempsey
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so i bought a shop light fixture for my tank and hated how i would always have to move it in order to open my lids to get in the tank or slide it back outta the way and such... so i grabbed some conduit pipe from work brought it home bent em on a 90deg bend, slapped some threaded loops on the ends, and hung the light on it few inchs above the tank i can now get in and out of the tank when and if needed without touching the light and it spreads out in the tank more... all in think since the conduit was free i spent maybe 5 bucks on the hardware needed (bolts, conduit brackets, threaded loops etc) i think it looks alright gf said it makes my tank look like it has ears ? :screwy:

only thing i have plans to change eventually is the chain to hang the light, im going to swap it for soem VERY thin air craft cable or winch cable whatever ya wanna call it and get each end loop'd and crimped and use it rather then the chain that came with the light when i bought it.... anyway here some pics what ya guys think ?

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I like it. I want to do something similar to my 180 when I set it up. I was thinking of trying these cord assemblies I saw at Ikea when I was there. I see if I can dig up a link.
 
Pharaoh said:
I like it. I want to do something similar to my 180 when I set it up. I was thinking of trying these cord assemblies I saw at Ikea when I was there. I see if I can dig up a link.
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hmmm, cord assembly ? what ya men by that ... like it use's a cord rather then chain ?
 
Your tank has rabbit ears now.
Looks good tho....will look much better when you upgrade your chain like you were saying.
 
the tank doesnt have rabbit ears :swear: lol i like the looks of it i dont mind it and i think when i change the chain to the thin wire i want to do it will give it a cleaner/sleeker look IMO... and so far iv done water change and had to go in the tank for a few things here and there and it 100x easier for feeding and getting in and out of the tank now that i dont have to move the light around everywhere, as i have sliding glass lids on my tank so i would always have to move the light around... plus this build was basically free like 5bucks for few bolts and such i didnt have here, a wooden canopy which i debated about doing would have been 50-60bucks or so, maybe i'll do a wooden canopy when i get a bigger tank maybe we will see, but for now i like this and it seems to work well for getting in and outta the tank when needed :)
 
thats a little different so ya would mount that to your wall and then attach a light to it ? dont look like it sticks out very far tho ?
 
Mount it to the ceiling and suspend the light from it. The light would hang on the cable like you mentioned before. Comes in the pack.
 
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