I have two Reef Radiance coming in soon and thinking about how I want to hang the lights over my tank. It is part of a built in unit that I constructed. The bookshelf over it comes out to about 10" of the tanks total 24" width. I am thinking to just get a curtain rod and attach to the bookshelf and at each end. Then I can clip the hanging clips to them. I just don't know if the curtain rod will hold the 18lb total weight spanning 48" length. My other idea would be to bend some copper pipe and attach it to the back wall, butt I don't know if the copper will bend under the weight. I don't want to hang from the ceiling or attach to the tank. See attached pics.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?