48" light on a 5ft tank (mounting?)

[Big_Pun]

can you get to the back of you tank, i used electric conduit in a L shape used a 90 degree elbow and bolted it to the back of my stand and hung my pendent from there. disregard the light under it was just temp till i got the MH light going. you could use 2 of them to hang it from

[corruption]

Chris -- any idea of what kind of weight the conduit can support? I'd like to do exactly this for my tank, but I fear my 54lb IceCap fixture crashing down on my tank

-Justin

[Big_Pun]

the only sagging ive seen is a lil foward but i used the thin conduit brackets and thin walled conduit to hold it, i believe they make conduit with thicker walls which should be better, you could also use that pipe made for gas line very heavy and uses threaded connections. i love cruising threw HD and lowes lookin for DIY things to modify

[corruption]

Good point.. How'd you put the bend in the conduit? I can't imagine the thicker stuff is too easy to bend by hand -- if it is, I can't imagine its secure enough to hold a 54lb light

-Justin

[Big_Pun]

sorry for the hijack(hope this helps you also): i used a 90 degree elbow, the gas pipe has threaded ends and also there are elbows available for them, and the gas piping is more that strong enough to hold your light

[corruption]

Good call -- I may have another DIY project once my ATO is done... Mabel -- this should be a very simple addition to do, if you could provide pictures of the back of your tank, we could tell you the possibility of doing similar!

-Justin

[Europhyllia]

Mabel the hanging kit for the ATI fixture I have used 2 screws that need to go into something solid (not drywall) like a stud. I mounted a board on the studs and then put the screws for the fixture in that but you could also just go straight into the studs as long as your light will end up being centered the way you want.
The pole solution looks like it would work well if you don't want to make holes.