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biggyal66
I just recently bought a 12" 36w aqualight for my 3 gallon tetra aquarium. I have a problem, my tank is only 6.5" wide and the light is 7.5-8" wide. Has anyone ever hung this light or made some sort of legs or something like that to fit a smaller tank? Any help would be awesome. Thanks
corallineadam
QUOTE (biggyal66 @ Nov 9 2009, 12:12 PM) *
I just recently bought a 12" 36w aqualight for my 3 gallon tetra aquarium. I have a problem, my tank is only 6.5" wide and the light is 7.5-8" wide. Has anyone ever hung this light or made some sort of legs or something like that to fit a smaller tank? Any help would be awesome. Thanks

i have made legs to fit a smaller tank... using mfg made legs and some chopsticks...
biggyal66
I would like to have something that looks nice and appeal to look at.
lajz9
QUOTE (biggyal66 @ Nov 9 2009, 12:47 PM) *
I would like to have something that looks nice and appeal to look at.

lol so no chopsticks??
biggyal66
QUOTE (lajz9 @ Nov 9 2009, 04:58 PM) *
lol so no chopsticks??

I wouldnt mind as long as it worked but the wife wouldnt think so.
badfish816
yes the wifey. the only way i get to have my pico is she has to approve of 50% of everything.....has to look "pretty." lol
biggyal66
QUOTE (badfish816 @ Nov 10 2009, 05:48 AM) *
yes the wifey. the only way i get to have my pico is she has to approve of 50% of everything.....has to look "pretty." lol

yeah same here. I am thinking of a diy hanging kit. maybe out of pvc or something like that.
badfish816
i've seen a view that look pretty good that were painted black. try it and post pics
biggyal66
QUOTE (badfish816 @ Nov 10 2009, 03:51 PM) *
i've seen a view that look pretty good that were painted black. try it and post pics

I will go home and try to figure something out. Has anyone ever hung this light before?
biggyal66
I went home and did some measureing and I took the endcaps off of the Aqualight and looked inside and from what I saw I can attach a small metal screw into the top casing and use it as an anchor point so I can hang it above my tank.
badfish816
sweet
biggyal66
Yeah, me and a coworker of mine is building a hanging arm kit to bolt to my new table/stand.

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