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RPatsula 10-18-2013 02:44 PM

Mounting Radion's in an aquarium hood
 
Hello, I am thinking of building a aquarium hood and was wondering if anybody is using a hood with eco-tech Radion lights? The reason I was thinking of building the hood is for two reasons. The first reason is to reduce the noise from the aquarium in the second reason is because I have lost a few fish who have jumped out of the aquarium. My aquarium dimensions are 7' x 2' x 2'. Here are 2 semi recent pictures of my aquarium and stand. I was thinking of getting rid of the ligh rails and mounting the lights directly on the bottom side of the hood. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/.../aquarium1.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/.../aquarium5.jpg

Thank you
Rick

Reef Pilot 10-18-2013 02:57 PM

This is what I did. Parts from Home Depot in the electrical dept. Cheap, easy to set up and works very well. I have 2 tanks with canopies now using these.
http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=81535

RPatsula 10-18-2013 03:02 PM

Very cool idea...I'm going to give that a try.
Thanks
Rick

Reef Pilot 10-18-2013 03:10 PM

Just be sure to vent the canopies, and preferably mount the power supplies outside. I've had mine running this way for almost 2 years now, with zero problems.

RPatsula 10-18-2013 03:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reef Pilot (Post 852264)
Just be sure to vent the canopies, and preferably mount the power supplies outside. I've had mine running this way for almost 2 years now, with zero problems.

I was thinking of using 2 hard drive fans. One at each end of the aquarium mounted on the outside of the backside of the hood.


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