radion light mount kit - can it beeak your glass?

ponda · 06/12/2015, 08:09 PM

I bought a radion mount light kit
I was suprised by the weight of this when installed.
Can it cause the glass on my tank to seperate?
The glass isnt the thickest.
Have a 40 breeder
i heard someone reporting theres drooped
Would that bw enough to sprink a leak?

CuzzA · 06/12/2015, 08:35 PM

I wouldn't trust the $1/ gallon tanks with that kind of stress on the glass. I just filled a new 10 gallon tonight to hold some corals I have coming inbound and it started leaking from the seam without anything hanging on the glass and half full. While I'm sure for the most part these tanks will work fine, I simply wouldn't put any added stress on them as they are really under built. But for a buck a gallon, what can we expect.

ponda · 06/12/2015, 08:46 PM

I had it on for a month while my tank sat empty
I love n a condo

ponda · 06/13/2015, 05:23 AM

Anyone else?

RooKi3 · 06/13/2015, 10:10 PM

I have an AIO 29 gallon. I tried it once and didn't feel comfortable having all that stress on such a thin glass. I ended up getting a hanging kit.

Dkuhlmann · 06/13/2015, 11:33 PM

Just how heavy is this light?

06/12/2015, 08:09 PM	#1
ponda Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 293	radion light mount kit - can it beeak your glass? I bought a radion mount light kit I was suprised by the weight of this when installed. Can it cause the glass on my tank to seperate? The glass isnt the thickest. Have a 40 breeder i heard someone reporting theres drooped Would that bw enough to sprink a leak?

06/13/2015, 11:33 PM	#6
Dkuhlmann Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: NW Iowa Posts: 8,823	Just how heavy is this light? __________________ Previous tanks: 200 gal fowlr 9" Emperor Angel and many different butterfly fish 4" maroon clown and several other fish, 50 gal sump, 40 gal mixed reef/fish mostly softies and LPS. Current Tank Info: 40b 750 gph 45 lbs lr, 2"-3" sand, 165w full spectrum dimable LED, 20 gal sump/refugium 30 lbs lr, Bak Pak 2 skimmer, 4" sock temp 79-80, sg 1.026, NH3 0, NO2 0, NO3 <10, ph 8.2, calc 400, mag 1300

06/12/2015, 08:35 PM	#2
CuzzA Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Palm Harbor, FL Posts: 2,997	I wouldn't trust the $1/ gallon tanks with that kind of stress on the glass. I just filled a new 10 gallon tonight to hold some corals I have coming inbound and it started leaking from the seam without anything hanging on the glass and half full. While I'm sure for the most part these tanks will work fine, I simply wouldn't put any added stress on them as they are really under built. But for a buck a gallon, what can we expect.

06/12/2015, 08:46 PM	#3
ponda Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 293	I had it on for a month while my tank sat empty I love n a condo

06/13/2015, 05:23 AM	#4
ponda Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 293	Anyone else?

06/13/2015, 10:10 PM	#5
RooKi3 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: San Diego Posts: 134	I have an AIO 29 gallon. I tried it once and didn't feel comfortable having all that stress on such a thin glass. I ended up getting a hanging kit.