How do you make a mount your led fixture? What's yours like?

[dismienguy]

I got the standard led dimmable fixture 120w it is heavy. I usually just leave the light on top of my glass top but since I got a 20gal long it was been bending the top. This morning it had a huge crack all across. I was lucky to see it before something bad happens while I was in school. The light came with 4 hanging cables never used it.

I don't want to make any holes in the wall or anything. Is there an alternative? How do you guys do it?



-Joshua

 

[Sleepy22]

look up on youtube....theres a bunch of ways you can hang the light without drilling your ceiling..........the cheapest way I think would be using pvc

 

[SALTWATERSIG]

 

[cichlid9]

electical conduit, i bent in then bolted it to the stand. It looks better in person. Theres all kinds of hardware to mount the conduit.

 

[cichlid9]

Nice looking tank sig!

 

[SALTWATERSIG]

Nice looking tank sig!

thanks , you too

 

[dismienguy]

How do you bend it? Or is it bought like that?

 

[dismienguy]

I like cichlid9's mount. Guides for that it looks pretty cool.

 

[cichlid9]

How do you bend it? Or is it bought like that?

i watched some utube videos on how to bend conduit then went to lowes. I just bent the pipe in the store with one of their tools and then paid for the conduit, it was like 5 bucks. I left the two mounts on the stand loose so i can swing the light to the side so i can have access above the tank when i do maintenance.

 

[CLeadfootS]

Here was mine.

 

[dismienguy]

Seeing everyone's tank make me feel like mine is mediocre lol. I'm gonna research a bit more on how to make a mount I am not handy at all so it might tank a while. So for now I went and bought a light panel grate and reinforced it for the light fixture to sit one for the time being. Thank you everyone for the input

 

[kenko]

Sig, What material is your light stand made of? Meaning....... where did you get it and what is it?

 

[SALTWATERSIG]

I bought from a face book site "REEFKOI" and it is made of aluminum . I know some of you out there could have built your own stand but in my defense, I AM MECHANICALY DECLINED. lol