Mom’s 75 gallon Tank Build

[Midknight]

LIGHTS… ACTION… Aquarium!

I know my mom didn’t want too difficult of things to look after for corals so decided to go for T5’s
Got a great deal from Wendell at OA on a nice set 4 bulb unit (2 10K & 2 actinic)
Measured out where the middle was going to be and then had to figure out to get the lights out there.
One day I was wandering around Home Depot in the gardening section and found these…


Measuring them out the dropped an inch short of where I wanted to, so now I use the extra wood you saw before.
With a quick plumbing for vertical off we go…


With the 2 brackets in place my dad and I mounted the hangers.
The first one…


And the finished product.


We hung the light and plugged it and what do you know…


It lit up and didn’t fall down as shown by my daughter.

[mseepman]

Hey Good idea with the plant hangers. I can't tell but are you able to lift the light fixture up on those hanging cables? That is always helpful when you want to work in the tank.

I too am using a squid in my nano tank and I can attest to the "whack" theory. I've been running mine for a year now and only had to "whack" it twice for noise (not because it stopped).