Light racks above your tank, how long are they?
- Thread starter Darkxerox
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I have been running across those ecotech light rails. They are size of the aquarium edge to edge.
When I build them from scratch. I would build them a little smaller to fit in the canopy.
When I build them from scratch. I would build them a little smaller to fit in the canopy.
He's got 6 inches shorter from end to end
83" wide tank with a 70" rack, which leaves ~6.5" gap on both sides. My tank has a 3" euro brace that's tinted so it would be pointless to have lights at the edges.
How are you mounting the rack? Solid, hanging, or pivoting? It'd drive me crazy if the rack was exactly the same size as the tank and it was slightly off center.
How are you mounting the rack? Solid, hanging, or pivoting? It'd drive me crazy if the rack was exactly the same size as the tank and it was slightly off center.
Good point about off center. I'll have it hanging off the ceiling on wires.
Coral reefer
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I always prefer to go shorter than the tank
Going with a single 2040 bar suspended from the ceiling since that's the mounting type the lights came with.
PjFish
Supporting Member
Is all your electrical inside the white sleeve on the right that angles down behind the tank?
That's one of the only issues with visable cable suspensions making all the cords disappear lol
One power strip on the rack so only one cord running down but then the transformers need to be disguised as well.. But @derek_SR rack set up looks pretty clean indeed...
Yup 10 power cables in that sleeve (6 kessils 4 quantas). If I were to do this again and if it wasn't an exterior wall with insulation, I'd put a pass through plate behind the rack and run the cables inside the wall to the floor where it'd then connect to power. I forgot who, but someone here has a hole in the wall leading to the garage on the other side where the power bricks are. @Darkxerox something to consider depending on what room is behind your tank.
I've actually got a cable conduit and elevated plugs about 4 feet up the wall since it used to be the mounted TV wall for the previous owners, so all set!Yup 10 power cables in that sleeve (6 kessils 4 quantas). If I were to do this again and if it wasn't an exterior wall with insulation, I'd put a pass through plate behind the rack and run the cables inside the wall to the floor where it'd then connect to power. I forgot who, but someone here has a hole in the wall leading to the garage on the other side where the power bricks are. @Darkxerox something to consider depending on what room is behind your tank.
