saltn00b
Active Member
just wanted to share the latest project / upgrade to the tank.
a pretty simple solution to setting up individual moonlight LEDs on a tank with a T5 rig.
i dont remember the brand but i had the chain linkable moonlights. up to 8 can connect on a single chain, the setup is for 7.
each side will have 2 blue in the back, and 1 white in the front. 1 blue will be center front.
I built the canopy to house an aquactinic constellation.
measured out the points where i wanted the moonlights to sit over, and cut out a 1" skeleton out of 1/4" acrylic. the vertical arms for mounting to the 2x4's were glued on next.
the 2 sides are mirrored replicas, except the right side has an elongated arm to house the 7th centered blue.
removal of the paper.
[hr]
holes drilled.
then came the problem of the power line. i was originally going to wrap the excess cable tightly around itself and secure it with a ziptie, but i decided that would cast too much of a shadow. so i tried wrapping the scaffolding structure with loosely spaced coils.
here is the shadow test, it worked nicely IMO.
attaching the left side.
it works nicely! (hard to photograph though)
the next day i finished with the more fragile right side. i added a carbon fiber rod to the long arm for structural support. it sorta helped lol.
i couldnt get a finished picture for some reason.
a pretty simple solution to setting up individual moonlight LEDs on a tank with a T5 rig.
i dont remember the brand but i had the chain linkable moonlights. up to 8 can connect on a single chain, the setup is for 7.
each side will have 2 blue in the back, and 1 white in the front. 1 blue will be center front.
I built the canopy to house an aquactinic constellation.
measured out the points where i wanted the moonlights to sit over, and cut out a 1" skeleton out of 1/4" acrylic. the vertical arms for mounting to the 2x4's were glued on next.
the 2 sides are mirrored replicas, except the right side has an elongated arm to house the 7th centered blue.
removal of the paper.
[hr]
holes drilled.
then came the problem of the power line. i was originally going to wrap the excess cable tightly around itself and secure it with a ziptie, but i decided that would cast too much of a shadow. so i tried wrapping the scaffolding structure with loosely spaced coils.
here is the shadow test, it worked nicely IMO.
attaching the left side.
it works nicely! (hard to photograph though)
the next day i finished with the more fragile right side. i added a carbon fiber rod to the long arm for structural support. it sorta helped lol.
i couldnt get a finished picture for some reason.
