Can I see your floating canopies?

[MarineGirl411]

I am going to build a floating canopy for my upgraded tank in the future. I'd love to see some of other RC member's floating canopies. So if you have pictures can you please post them???

 

[barnett8]

Here is mine:

Right side:

Left side:

Front:

Not bad IMO since I built everything for it myself (including the metal beams.)

 

[MrSandman]

If a floating canopy is the same as a suspended canopy then here is mine:

It has 2 250W HQI pendants and 2 x 36" VHO's.

 

[MarineGirl411]

Very nice aquarium mr. sandman. How many gallons per day do you evap???

 

[MrSandman]

Hard to say since i have an auto top-off that handles it for me. But, if i were to guess it must be around 3/4 to 1 gallon? this is because i have a 32G Brute trashcan that holds my topoff water and i only have to refill it about every month.

 

[lflint]

Mine looks like it is floating when it's up...

Mine looks like it is floating when it's up...

The canopy on my 240 (8'x2'x2') rises vertically 24" with a linear actuator and some gas shocks. There's no better way to get 120 lb of crap out of the way so you can actually work in the tank. 40 seconds up. 35 seconds down.

 

[MarineGirl411]

yah I've seen those on RC before. I'd love to have something like that! How hard was it to do? Very nice.