Anybody using Coralife 2x9w light on refugium?

[mels95yj]

I just received this light to use on the back of my NC12DX for the refugium. I'm trying to figure out the best way to mount this. I was thinking about using a piece of velcro to strap it against the tank. I was just curious to see if anybody was using it and what they did to mount it. Also to see if using the velcro was a bad idea. Here's the light:

Coralife 2x9w

Mel

 

[noschmo]

i am using this light. got several pieces of heavy duty velcro and will add some extra duck tape. if it falls, it will be padded by the rug! Prior, it was sitting on top of a ten gallon to give tank more light for chaeto growth which has not been growing very quickly. I think it has to do with the fact that the tank has minimal bioload and actually the macro may need more nitrates to flourish.

 

[mels95yj]

So, you have the velcro touching the black casing? I've had the light on all day to test, and the casing seems to get pretty hot. I was wondering if it would be too hot for the velcro.

I was thinking about a hose clamp or somthing metal strapped across the light and using velcro to hold that to the tank. Thanks for your help!

Mel

 

[noschmo]

Mel: I just set mine up. Get heavy duty, wide velcro. I put the light on its side and put the velcro on the black part of the light, not the clear lens. Thus velcro ends up on one side of the light but it seems real strong and I added some of that gorilla tape, two strips. Yes, the light gets hot but the velcro is just on the frame, not on the lens. Probably better ways to do this but it seems to be working nicely.

 

[xylem]

Remove the two lights and drill right through the top of the housing. Then use two or three screws to secure it to the bottom of your stand.

 

[noschmo]

That might work. Good idea for us not up to par on building skills. That said, velcro holding this very nicely.

 

[mels95yj]

Here's what I ended up doing. I bought some aluminum foil tape, used for heating ducts, at Walmart. I taped two strips together so there was no sticky side on the light. I placed velcro on each end of the tape and taped to the tank. However, I didn't use heavy-duty velcro, so I had to super glue it to the tank and tape.

I decided on this since aluminum is a poor conductor of heat. I figured it wouldn't transfer heat from the light to anything else resulting in a possible fire. Works pretty good. Thanks for everyone's help.

Mel

 

[noschmo]

Interesting, either way, its nice that we have solved this.