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Lumen bright raiseing!

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O.K. so it's like this..
I had a close friend make me a BAD *** three piece hood for my display...
I love it and I know I couldn't have made it as light but sturdy as he did..
Well there's one problem, the lights are to low to the water..
He made it to MY specs as asked.. but this was my mis-calculation on the spread of Lumenbright reflectors.. They are kind like a spot light and I had a dark "V" in the middle of my tank...
So I decided to mod the hood and bring the lights up 4 inches. also to take the T-5's off the bottom of the hood and right on top of the tank and secure those next to my MH reflectors..
So here is what it looked like the old way.




notice the dark spot in the middle and in the front.

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Updated 02-17-2010 at 04:10 AM by melev

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  1. Myteemouse's Avatar
    So what I did was take 3 1x8's and chop them up and paint them to support the reflectors.
    I prolly should have painted the 1x6 that holds the MH reflectors

    I may still..








    Up next is the FTS with the lights on (my glass is dirty right now)
  2. melev's Avatar
    That looks much much better.

    Btw, we don't limit how much you can post in your blog like other sites do. So all your images and text should fit unless you are a serious writer.
  3. upster's Avatar
    Looks great! I really like the contrast in the fts shot. Btw, your rock work is amazing. How did you connect it all?

    I recently tried to create a tower with epoxy and plastic coat hangers but the epoxy didn't hold that well.
  4. Myteemouse's Avatar
    Thanks Mark..

    I used dry rock and great foam..then cured it, then put it in the tank!



  5. Trido's Avatar
    Looks great Adam. Now you'll really be able to get your shoulder into your work. Literally.

    What is that funny looking blanket you used to cover the tank with?
  6. melev's Avatar
    I think they used snow!
  7. Myteemouse's Avatar
    Funny looking blanket??
    OH the blue thing over the window??
    yea I need to figure out what to do with that half window opening!
    Still in the works!
  8. Trido's Avatar
    LOL, in the fourth pic down there is side view inside the hood showing the sheet its sitting on. For some crazy reason I thought the hood was still on the tank and you did all of the work in place. It never occured to me that you actully took the hood of the tnak to remodel it, just as did the last time I revamped someones canopy for them.
    Im not always the brightest bulb over the tank. I was having a 50K moment.
  9. Myteemouse's Avatar
    if you read the last line before the pics it says this is what it used to look like..
    the second set of pics is modded
    the sheet was to cover the wood floor when we originally got it and was painting and installing lights?.
  10. Myteemouse's Avatar
    As a matter of fact I didn't take the hood off just the center support where the lights were hung.
    And installed the "risers" in place.
    I had it assembled and screws in the waiting when I climbed on the stand to install it.
  11. Trido's Avatar
    Its all so confusing.........
  12. Myteemouse's Avatar
    uuu first pics original version..
    second set modded hood.
    about 1 year apart..first pics last year march..
    And I didn;t take the hood off to mod it I just removed the center brace and put the new modded center brace back on..
  13. melev's Avatar
    This is just bad blogging. If Doug doesn't get it, you have to do it again.
  14. Myteemouse's Avatar
    I may have to start over huh?[IMG]file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/Owner/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.png[/IMG]
  15. Myteemouse's Avatar
    I know it's bad form to post pics with dirty glass but here is teh new look with higher lights.


  16. Trido's Avatar
    Much better....
  17. gimmito's Avatar
    Looks sweet. Do you use the regular lumenbrites ? I was thinking of getting the lumenbrite "wides" for my set up. What ballast & bulbs are you using ?
  18. Myteemouse's Avatar
    MY lumenbright are 19" with the pendant (black metal) around it..
    Also using Electronic Hamilton ballasts.