Hanging reef breeders Leds for 46 gallon bowfront with Leds?

I have 2 24" reef breeders fixtures from my 90 gallon that are currently resting on the glass lid of my 46 until I find how I want to habg/mount them. Bowfront owners did you hang off ceiling or wall or build a canopy? I built the 90 g canopy but bf is a lil different =/

 

I would maybe build a shelf on that wall and use a hanging kit... that would look great and you could put a few things on the shelf to display

 

Unless they are dimmable you will need to mount them VERY high off the tank.One fixture should be more then enough for that tank at 10+ inches.
Do you have fish and coral in that tank?

 

Yes, fish and coral.... I was thinking 1 light higher too. Pics would be great! They are dimmable too

 

I would turn them way down until you have them hung as you will burn and blind very easily with that much U.V.
I ran 1 taotronic 120w fixture over my 90 for over a year (non dimmable) and it was plenty for my lps and softies.SPS would have been fine with proper placement.

http://www.3reef.com/forums/led-aqu...ed-pictures-review-taotronics-led-133882.html

 

They are at 50% and everything seems to love it lol..... I guess shelf mounts and a shelf would work good! So 8-10" off Watervliet one and I could keep sps/lps? Canopy sometime can be a hassle, it was on my 90. Taking it on and off got old even though it took 3 mins lol

 

Yes one will be fine for sps imo.

 

Thank you, damn tank is 7" from the wall so hope they make long brackets

 

My solution I made to hang my DIY led set might work for you. I used 2 pieces of 1" metal conduit each with a 90 degree bend, painted black, chrome caps to cover the holes. I used 2 conduit straps screwed to the back of the stand for each, one top one bottom. It looks very factory when finished. Maybe $15 total cost at the hardware store.

 

I used metal conduit to hang mine as well. Dang pipe bender cost more than the pipe, but I liked it so much I made light bars for all my tanks. The painting it black is a great idea, I just left mine galvanized (or whatever color it was from lowe's)
Attach the conduit to the stand with simple pipe brace. Works best if you have enough room to screw it onto the back of the stand but I had to screw it onto the side of the stand on one of my tanks. Only downside to that is it blocks an inch of the side view. heres a pic of my light bar.