Halide mounting - Aquarium Advice

chris stevens · 01-18-2006, 07:57 PM

I'm going to purchase the new Current USA Sunpod system (two 150 HQI) which comes with mounting legs that mount the lamp 2" above the tank. The top of my tank is acrylic - am I going to have issues with the acrylic warping? Alternatively, am I going to have problems with the light being too intense? I have nepthea, trumpet and bubble coral near the top of the tank. If 2" is too close, does anybody make mounting legs that mount the lamp higher? i want to avoid hanging it if i can.

Brenden · 01-18-2006, 08:01 PM

I made mounting hardware for my lights using angle and square tube aluminum purchased at lowes. 2" is way to close for acrylic.

hackteck · 01-18-2006, 08:04 PM

i might have to make a rack to go over my aquarium to hold my light its 15" wide and my aquarium is only 13" i forgot to measure it before i got it, i got the orbit hqi 562 watt 48"

01-18-2006, 07:57 PM	#1
chris stevens Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Cape Neddick, ME and Lowell, MA Posts: 98 Images: 1	Halide mounting I'm going to purchase the new Current USA Sunpod system (two 150 HQI) which comes with mounting legs that mount the lamp 2" above the tank. The top of my tank is acrylic - am I going to have issues with the acrylic warping? Alternatively, am I going to have problems with the light being too intense? I have nepthea, trumpet and bubble coral near the top of the tank. If 2" is too close, does anybody make mounting legs that mount the lamp higher? i want to avoid hanging it if i can. __________________ the field of unpopular music is wide open

01-18-2006, 08:01 PM	#2
Brenden Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: May 2005 Location: Piedmont, NC Posts: 3,876 Images: 32	I made mounting hardware for my lights using angle and square tube aluminum purchased at lowes. 2" is way to close for acrylic. __________________ The fact that no one understands you doesn't make you an artist. If guns kill people...Spoons make Michael Moore fat.

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01-18-2006, 08:04 PM	#3
hackteck Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: atlanta,ga Posts: 675	i might have to make a rack to go over my aquarium to hold my light its 15" wide and my aquarium is only 13" i forgot to measure it before i got it, i got the orbit hqi 562 watt 48"