Let's see those open-top lighting setups..

NoSchwag · 07/23/2005, 04:12 PM

I am almost finished setting up my 120 and only have the light's to go...

I did a search and couldn't find any other threads like this, please point me in the right direction if I'm wrong..

Thanks.

Mike

jwedehase · 07/23/2005, 04:57 PM

If a couple others don't mind me stealing their photos, here are a couple I've always been fond of, as I'm looking at open top on my next tank, also.

RC User: Pavlo

RC User: Tacocat

gill7784 · 07/23/2005, 05:01 PM

Here is how mine is set up. 275W MH pendant and a 200W PC fixture. Works good for my size tank.

NoSchwag · 07/23/2005, 05:02 PM

Thanks for the pictures..

I wonder what size tank that 2nd pic is..

NoSchwag · 07/23/2005, 05:03 PM

gill your tanks looks great with those lights..

jacas34 · 07/23/2005, 05:11 PM

Not much livestock as this is a picture shortly after I set it up, but the lights haven't changed

elephen · 07/23/2005, 05:49 PM

That last one is sexy!! I like the stand and how clean everything is!

chrismunn · 07/23/2005, 06:11 PM

Mike O'Brien · 07/23/2005, 06:12 PM

chrismunn · 07/23/2005, 06:12 PM

wow, i just noticed how different my tank looks now, compared to the tank in the photo

thats the same tank...

jwedehase · 07/23/2005, 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by NoSchwag
Thanks for the pictures..

I wonder what size tank that 2nd pic is..

I assume you're talking about Tacocat's. It's a standard 100g. (60x18xwhatever tall). He's running 2x250wHQI 14ks. There are VHO actinics hiding within the "canopy." I believe it may just be a normal canopy with the top cut off.

chrismunn · 07/23/2005, 07:03 PM

sorry, but i had to put an updated picture on

tigerarmy40 · 07/23/2005, 07:11 PM

very nice! but heres a question. how do you deal with small flying bug that may land in your tank? I had a mothe land in my 10g and it caused my water to get merky and I lost some shrooms and things like that! not to mention now that I run a halide over it the tank attracks alot more little nats and things like that!

NoSchwag · 07/23/2005, 07:16 PM

This is why I need this thread so bad... Take a look on my open-top lighting scheme

arcab4 · 07/23/2005, 07:31 PM

Jerry W · 07/23/2005, 07:51 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by NoSchwag
This is why I need this thread so bad... Take a look on my open-top lighting scheme

ROFL!! Good one!

NoSchwag · 07/23/2005, 07:53 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by jwedehase
I assume you're talking about Tacocat's. It's a standard 100g. (60x18xwhatever tall). He's running 2x250wHQI 14ks. There are VHO actinics hiding within the "canopy." I believe it may just be a normal canopy with the top cut off.

You know what, I didn't even think to make a faux canopy with the top cut out to hide the actinics. That was actually the whole reason why I posted this thread..

NoSchwag · 07/23/2005, 07:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Jerry W
ROFL!! Good one!

Thank you.. My Girlfriend thought I was a freak while she was taking the picture..

spoon671 · 07/23/2005, 10:42 PM

I am jumping on this wagon for sure! Awesome thread guys/girls. MORE PICTURES PLEASE!

reefsociety101 · 07/24/2005, 01:55 AM

Very nice. Keep them coming.

Gary Majchrzak · 07/24/2005, 04:54 AM

PFO fixture suspended by the (adjustable height) cable kit

a link to the cable kit (around $21 U.S.)
http://www.pfolighting.com/AqAccessories.aspx

Lyzann · 07/24/2005, 07:09 AM

I spent $600 on this Coralife Aqualight Pro. You can also hang this fixture over the tank. I like the streamline look. I don't really care for the canopies.

sknoch78 · 07/24/2005, 11:44 AM

Here are some photos of what I did. I am using a PFO mini pendant. I did not like the idea of the fixture hanging and I did not want this huge canopy on a little tank. So I made a small canopy to house the fixture and then hung it from the ceiling via aircraft cable. I made it out of euro-ply and routed in a piece of aluminum perf in the top to let the heat escape. I am so pleased with how it works and the ease of access that I am thinking of doing the same when I set up my 180.

Shawn

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fishesRdelicious · 07/24/2005, 01:08 PM

heres mine:

there are two 175 watt halides, there is plexiglass under it to protect the bulbs

HippieSmell · 07/24/2005, 01:20 PM

Here's a ghetto way of doing it

07/23/2005, 04:12 PM	#1
NoSchwag Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterbury, Ct. Posts: 2,530	Let's see those open-top lighting setups.. I am almost finished setting up my 120 and only have the light's to go... I did a search and couldn't find any other threads like this, please point me in the right direction if I'm wrong.. Thanks. Mike

07/23/2005, 05:02 PM	#4
NoSchwag Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterbury, Ct. Posts: 2,530	Thanks for the pictures.. I wonder what size tank that 2nd pic is.. __________________ Keeping low levels of po4 without chemicals since 2005. Current Tank Info: Beckett skimmed, penductor flowed, luminarc lighted, UV sterilized, litermeter dosed, Aquacontroller controlled, SPS dominated, 120 BB tank.

07/23/2005, 05:03 PM	#5
NoSchwag Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterbury, Ct. Posts: 2,530	gill your tanks looks great with those lights.. __________________ Keeping low levels of po4 without chemicals since 2005. Current Tank Info: Beckett skimmed, penductor flowed, luminarc lighted, UV sterilized, litermeter dosed, Aquacontroller controlled, SPS dominated, 120 BB tank.

07/23/2005, 05:11 PM	#6
jacas34 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: northern california Posts: 175	my open top after a month Not much livestock as this is a picture shortly after I set it up, but the lights haven't changed

07/23/2005, 06:11 PM	#8
chrismunn Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 4,200	__________________ Marine Aquarists Association of South Texas Austin Reef Club PBITAWA... Current Tank Info: 14g bio cube

07/23/2005, 04:57 PM	#2
jwedehase Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Central CA, USA Posts: 908	If a couple others don't mind me stealing their photos, here are a couple I've always been fond of, as I'm looking at open top on my next tank, also. RC User: Pavlo RC User: Tacocat

07/23/2005, 05:01 PM	#3
gill7784 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 77	Here is how mine is set up. 275W MH pendant and a 200W PC fixture. Works good for my size tank.

07/23/2005, 05:49 PM	#7
elephen Moved On Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: kc Posts: 2,763	That last one is sexy!! I like the stand and how clean everything is!

07/23/2005, 06:12 PM	#9
Mike O'Brien Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,356

07/23/2005, 07:03 PM	#12
chrismunn Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 4,200	sorry, but i had to put an updated picture on __________________ Marine Aquarists Association of South Texas Austin Reef Club PBITAWA... Current Tank Info: 14g bio cube

07/23/2005, 07:11 PM	#13
tigerarmy40 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: central ca Posts: 1,831	very nice! but heres a question. how do you deal with small flying bug that may land in your tank? I had a mothe land in my 10g and it caused my water to get merky and I lost some shrooms and things like that! not to mention now that I run a halide over it the tank attracks alot more little nats and things like that! __________________ The power of moonlight Current Tank Info: 90g rimless tank in the makes and a 15g nano

07/23/2005, 07:16 PM	#14
NoSchwag Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterbury, Ct. Posts: 2,530	This is why I need this thread so bad... Take a look on my open-top lighting scheme Last edited by NoSchwag; 07/23/2005 at 07:36 PM.

07/23/2005, 07:31 PM	#15
arcab4 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Arcadia, southern california Posts: 1,348

07/23/2005, 10:42 PM	#19
spoon671 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The East Bay Posts: 948	I am jumping on this wagon for sure! Awesome thread guys/girls. MORE PICTURES PLEASE! __________________ - Enthusiast, In Transit Current Tank Info: IM Nuvo 16 Mixed Reef

07/24/2005, 01:55 AM	#20
reefsociety101 Registered Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 329	Very nice. Keep them coming.

07/24/2005, 04:54 AM	#21
Gary Majchrzak Team RC Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 41,560	PFO fixture suspended by the (adjustable height) cable kit a link to the cable kit (around $21 U.S.) http://www.pfolighting.com/AqAccessories.aspx __________________ over 24 years experience with multiple types of marine aquarium systems see Upstate Reef Society Forum on RC and FB GOOGLE JUNIOR'S REEF Current Tank Info: 84x24x30 265g reef past TOTM honors

07/24/2005, 07:09 AM	#22
Lyzann Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Treasure Island, FL Posts: 377	I spent $600 on this Coralife Aqualight Pro. You can also hang this fixture over the tank. I like the streamline look. I don't really care for the canopies. __________________ Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant with the weak & wrong... because sometimes in our lives we will have been all these. Current Tank Info: 90G SW, Filtration: W/D, Protein Skimmer & PH's, 2x150 HQI MH, 2x96W True Blue Compacts

07/24/2005, 11:44 AM	#23
sknoch78 Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Oregon Posts: 211	Here are some photos of what I did. I am using a PFO mini pendant. I did not like the idea of the fixture hanging and I did not want this huge canopy on a little tank. So I made a small canopy to house the fixture and then hung it from the ceiling via aircraft cable. I made it out of euro-ply and routed in a piece of aluminum perf in the top to let the heat escape. I am so pleased with how it works and the ease of access that I am thinking of doing the same when I set up my 180. Shawn [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG]

07/24/2005, 01:08 PM	#24
fishesRdelicious Registered Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: S. Williamsport, PA Posts: 691	heres mine: there are two 175 watt halides, there is plexiglass under it to protect the bulbs

07/24/2005, 01:20 PM	#25
HippieSmell Occupy Reef Central Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Orbiting Posts: 4,141	Here's a ghetto way of doing it __________________ Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like bananas. Current Tank Info: 78"x36"x27" acrylic, 6 Orphek Atlantik V3+ Compacts, MRC Orca Pro II w/washdown, CalcFeeder Pro AC3, Emperor Aquatics 80w UV, 80/20 aluminum stand, Vortech MP60's, Theiling Rollermat, GHL Profilux 3.1T EX, Kessil H380