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In all honesty I think it may be a blessing in disguise, as it will force me to take things slow, and not add a lot all at once. It would give me 6 months or so after putting things in to leave it be, monitor and see how things go before I can add more.Of course that is just in my head, and when push comes to shove it may all go down the drain and I run QT tanks 365 days a year

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Originally Posted by cvrle1 (Post 1039186)

If you can be that patient then you have one up from me. I'm not as patient haha. Where there is a will there is a way I say.

Hello

Wow truly amazing on the sanding and polishing bit. Good work.

Titus

I started working on light mount for the Noopsyche K7 Pro IIs that I will be using. I bought aluminum square tubing for this build. I cut tubing at 45 degree angles and used flat corner braces to connect it all together.

https://i.imgur.com/pl9WiVp.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/FATOtwZ.jpg

https://images.homedepot-static.com/...09-64_1000.jpg

Unfortunately few cuts werent perfect, so there is a gap between the 2 pieces when I connected them. I wanted to make sure that my angles were a perfect 90 degrees.

https://i.imgur.com/aXy8Svi.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/L1BE2fz.jpg

Not a huge deal as I will use aluminum rods and braze it to fill in the gaps. Once it is primed and painted it shouldnt be visible. I also put 5 pieces of flat aluminum across. This will be used as light mounts.

https://i.imgur.com/lbDkwxV.jpg

Finished mount, for now

https://i.imgur.com/5VDsPXA.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/1ZfUpSE.jpg

I actually plan on making this whole thing have adjustable height. I have a plan in my head, so we'll see if it works out. Should be pretty simple to do, so will update once I have more in next few days.

Pretty cool frame, nice work on the polishing. can't wait to see it up and running.

Hello

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Originally Posted by cvrle1 (Post 1039466)

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Unfortunately few cuts werent perfect, so there is a gap between the 2 pieces when I connected them. I wanted to make sure that my angles were a perfect 90 degrees.

Maybe weld?

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Originally Posted by cvrle1 (Post 1039466)

I actually plan on making this whole thing have adjustable height. I have a plan in my head, so we'll see if it works out. Should be pretty simple to do, so will update once I have more in next few days.

Electrically controlled to raise up and down?

Titus

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Originally Posted by titus (Post 1039562)

Hello

Maybe weld?

Electrically controlled to raise up and down?

Titus

I was thinking about welding to begin with, but dont have access to anyone with welder setup for aluminum. Brazing should produce similar results I hope. Not as strong of course, but whole frame is solid as is, so I jut need to fill in the holes to make it look better.

As for the height, not electrically. Main reason i wanted something that can have adjustable height is because I am not sure at what height I will want lights to start with. I am thinking that once I find height that works I wont be adjusting it again. It is hard to explain what I am thinking about, so I will post up pics as things progress.

Hello

Okay but if you do want to service the tank perhaps raising the rig up would be good to get stuff out of the way.

Titus

The light frame has come together nicely! Having the mount adjustable will be a good idea, especially if your rock scape ever changes down the road :smile: