James Flexton
Member
Hi There,
After going round in circles looking at over tank hanging lights ive come to the conclusion that for my tank (100x40x30) im going to have to spend over £150 to get average lighting 2x39W t5 or £400 to get high light with a 4 tube t5 system.
LED is the same, £400 ish for two small circular units or £400 ish for a long luminaire type.
in not too keen on that so am looking at a DIY option.
i have a broken Juwel Rio180 tank with the 2x54W T5 lighting unit that is only a year old as i replaced it recently when the old one failed. now i'm trying to find a metal half tube that i can fix it to and make an overtank hanging light out of it.
hard to describe but think of a piece of guttering turned upside down with the lighting unit fitted to the underside of it. although not plastic but black metal.
the issue is i can get half round pipe but the diameter is too small everywhere i look, it would need to be 20 to 25 cm diameter at least to fit the tubes into and about 100cm long in addition something that comes with end caps would also be useful (am i asking too much!)
does anyone have any ideas as to sources of such pipe.
i have a vision of a black matt finish pipe on the outside, polished metal inside to act as reflector and a couple of bolts through each end to hold the Juwel lighting unit in place.
thoughts on a postcard please......
After going round in circles looking at over tank hanging lights ive come to the conclusion that for my tank (100x40x30) im going to have to spend over £150 to get average lighting 2x39W t5 or £400 to get high light with a 4 tube t5 system.
LED is the same, £400 ish for two small circular units or £400 ish for a long luminaire type.
in not too keen on that so am looking at a DIY option.
i have a broken Juwel Rio180 tank with the 2x54W T5 lighting unit that is only a year old as i replaced it recently when the old one failed. now i'm trying to find a metal half tube that i can fix it to and make an overtank hanging light out of it.
hard to describe but think of a piece of guttering turned upside down with the lighting unit fitted to the underside of it. although not plastic but black metal.
the issue is i can get half round pipe but the diameter is too small everywhere i look, it would need to be 20 to 25 cm diameter at least to fit the tubes into and about 100cm long in addition something that comes with end caps would also be useful (am i asking too much!)
does anyone have any ideas as to sources of such pipe.
i have a vision of a black matt finish pipe on the outside, polished metal inside to act as reflector and a couple of bolts through each end to hold the Juwel lighting unit in place.
thoughts on a postcard please......