Good morning!
Yes, I have had my coffee… Okay, I have two tanks, a nano and a 55 gal. The 55 gal has 2 Coral Life 2X96 watt PC fixtures (see pics) and the nano one 175MH Hamilton pendant like so:
http://www.jlaquatics.com/phpstore/s...ct_ID=zhm-hrs1
It basically exactly the same as this (size/shape wise):
http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=34970
But not HQI… (BTW, I hope Outtafocus doesn’t mind me linking to his thread like this)
Anyways, it’s one too many tanks so I want to get rid of the nano and move everything into the 55, but if I am going to do so, I want better lights. So my idea is to get a second MH pendant and use the two over the big tank. Here’s my problem:
The big tank is viewable (ish) from three sides, so any covering would have to be closed on three sides, but then there is the skimmer, in an awkward as heck position, so that’s a problem….
I don’t want to hang anything from the ceiling. I really don’t care for the look of it – especially in my family room.
Any ideas of how to mount the two lights over the tank?
Tank in room (front, basically):
Back of tank, what a crappy spot for a skimmer, eh? Not much I can do about it now, the tank is too close to the wall to move the skimmer. I’ve tried to move the tank, but it’s not happening.
Top of tank for relative positioning of stuff…
And finally, the wall side. It’s pretty full with tubes and AC cords.
There’s no sump on this tank, the tubes going in/out are for my chiller.
Thanks for any advice, I’m totally at a loss on this one…
-Pauli