victornator333
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Hello everyone! So my new tank is up and running(standard 75 gallon with 6x54 Tek) Anyways does anyone have a good idea for how to mount moonlights with this setup?
Moonlight suggestions
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Tanque Verde
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I simply ziptied a moonlight strip to my Sunpod. But, as I recall, the teklight's case is shaped at angles that are awkward for mounting moonlights. Like this, right?
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If so, and if the tank is against a wall, you could wall mount a couple of spot moonlights or a strip and angle them down on your tank, as represented by the circles below the teklight here (ignore the dashes, they're only included as placeholderss):
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Alternatively, you could find some of those swing arm spotlights, I believe that Coralife made them, and mount them on top of the teklight and swing them around and down behind the tek.
Good luck.
\______/
If so, and if the tank is against a wall, you could wall mount a couple of spot moonlights or a strip and angle them down on your tank, as represented by the circles below the teklight here (ignore the dashes, they're only included as placeholderss):
\_______________________/
---- O ---- O ----- O ---
_______________________
|_______________________|
_______________________
|_______________________|
Alternatively, you could find some of those swing arm spotlights, I believe that Coralife made them, and mount them on top of the teklight and swing them around and down behind the tek.
Good luck.
victornator333
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thats not a bad idea.....i was considering gluing them directly onto the splashguard.....bad idea?
Tanque Verde
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It would depend on a variety of factors, I suppose. Some considerations:
I kept my tek low and the splash guard caught a lot of salt splash. It needed regular cleaning. Would this or other Tek maintenance be a pain with a moonlight glued to the face? Would the moonlight and its cord interfere with the distribution of T5 light? Would the glue be strong enough to permanently endure the heat and moisture (because if that moonlight falls, you've lost your moonlight, created a potentially hazardous electrical situation, and possibly damaged the corals below.)
Here's still another possibility. If in fact your tek light cross section is as represented here:
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You could bolt or glue some sort of angle bracket to create this:
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/
Then you could bolt, tie, or glue your moonlight to the bracket:
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It would look better on the back side of the tek light, but that's harder to diagram here.
I kept my tek low and the splash guard caught a lot of salt splash. It needed regular cleaning. Would this or other Tek maintenance be a pain with a moonlight glued to the face? Would the moonlight and its cord interfere with the distribution of T5 light? Would the glue be strong enough to permanently endure the heat and moisture (because if that moonlight falls, you've lost your moonlight, created a potentially hazardous electrical situation, and possibly damaged the corals below.)
Here's still another possibility. If in fact your tek light cross section is as represented here:
\____/
You could bolt or glue some sort of angle bracket to create this:
\\____/
/
Then you could bolt, tie, or glue your moonlight to the bracket:
\\____/
/o
It would look better on the back side of the tek light, but that's harder to diagram here.
victornator333
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im thinking of the current usa tru lumen lights...any others seem better for the fixture?
victornator333
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that bracket idea could work! thanks for the suggestion
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