Perhaps the ceiling will be the way. I live in a condo and will have to drill into concrete in the ceiling, I guess not a bad way when hanging something heavy.

Be sure to use screw anchor's if your going to hang it from a cement ceiling

Screw anchors are the ones that you use for hanging plants right?

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Sorry to bump in on your thread digital,but can someone give me an idea how to hang this? have to keep it low to the tank and be able to get it out of the way to gain access to the tank.It weights 31 lbs.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c4...l67/f7_1_b.jpg

Ditto the air craft cables and chain.

I used this product from Coralife.
http://esuweb.com/cardfile.asp?ItemN...lationship=314

If you can modify it to suit your needs, it works perfectly.
One the end of the cable is a "bolt" which in the picture is attached to the curved pieces of metal. This bolt easily comes undone and then can be mounted onto any type of fixture ( drilling or some other method)
The best part about it is that it is fully adjustable. The "bolt" has a button that when pushed down allows the fixture to slide up or down on the cable.
That way you can slide your whole fixture up out of the way when you want to do tank work. It also allows easy fixture height adjustment.
I felt its price wasnt to bad either $24.99.

If you have a concrete ceiling, you may have some difficulty of you dont have access to a hammer drill.
Here are some types of anchors.
http://www.confast.com/concrete-fasteners.htm


Heres some pics of the Coralife setup.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...ary/185131.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...ary/185043.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...ary/185003.jpg

My "hanging" is FUGLY but functional, simply galvanized punch angle aka perforated angle (I got it at work, you can find it at any hardware store) built to frame the tank, cuts easy with tin snips, then bolted together to provide a frame for the lights to sit on.

Andy

The pendants are sitting on aluminum angles that I picked up at Home Depot. Small pieces are cut and screwed into the canopy and the long pieces just sit on top to the pieces screwed into the canopy.

Hang it from the ceiling. Don't worry about the holes. If the time comes that you NEED to fill them, patch, sand and paint. A nice bright ceiling is a plus for selling anyway.

Are you sure you would need to drill into concrete?