Looking for a light stand.

[kurplunk]

I have a 150g eurobraced tank that I am starting to put together. I was looking for a steel frame stand to hang my light fixture from. Something like the ones on www.adana-usa.com. They were perfect, but not wide enough. If anyone knows where i can find something like this for 5' tank, that would be great.

 

[iani]

You can make it out of aluminum or stainless steel bar stock. I believe homedepot has the aluminum version.

Picture of his tank. He used aluminum bar stock.

 

[iani]

Or you can do bent emt conduit. Here is my tank
shot courtesy of Eric

 

[kinetic]

The company that makes the ZeroEdge tanks also has a sleek solution for hanging pendants from a rack. It attaches at the base to your stand / wall / floor I believe, and is a black and slightly curved bracket.

Let me know if you need a link to it, my internet is really slow ATM.

 

[kurplunk]

That is exactly what I was looking for Ian. Thanks, I figured you had some knowledge of this type of stand since they seem to be popular with the freshwater planted aquariums.

Art- that would be great thanks!

 

[Gomer]

My solution (also freshwater lol) was to hang from a shelf. I could use the shelf to hold supplies or be more decorative and put ...well..decorations or potted plants up there

 

[Elite]

That is very creative Tony 8) ..

 

[iani]

No problem Daniel. Let me know which direction you are going to go. If you want to do the conduit I can have a friend bend it for you. Or I can get you more info about the bar stock as well.

 

[dswong01]

Daniel
You can also make it out of pvc yourself

 

[kurplunk]

Thanks again Ian. I'm going to look into it. I like the conduit style, very clean looking. Did you powder coat the conduit or paint it? Great idea Tony, looks good too.

 

[iani]

Its painted with some rustoleum.