DIY Prime HD Light mount.

[Walleye34]

DIY mount for 4 prime HD’s for my 90 gallon. The body is made out of 80/20 extruded aluminum That I cut and bolted together. The light mounts are made from aluminum bar that I cut bent to shape. Sanded drilled and painted. The wood and the clamp or just a representation of how it’s going to be mounted on the wall above my fish tank. Thanks

 

[Belwell]

Man how did you not get any replies to this? It looks excellent, bravo. How did you mount it to the wall? What was your all in cost for all the extrusion? I'm setting up a peninsula tank, I wasn't sure how I could extend the lights 30" over the tank. Seems like this would work, anything you would change if you remade from scratch?

 

[Walleye34]

Man how did you not get any replies to this? It looks excellent, bravo. How did you mount it to the wall? What was your all in cost for all the extrusion? I'm setting up a peninsula tank, I wasn't sure how I could extend the lights 30" over the tank. Seems like this would work, anything you would change if you remade from scratch?

First off thanks! I mounted a thick piece of HDPE to the wall studs and then screwed the light to that. All the material ran me around $80-$90. I started with wood mounted to the wall instead of HDPE. The HDPE works better

 

[Troyer15]

Looks great, really nice work.

 

[gonzo620]

Did your wall stud land center of tank

 

[Walleye34]

Did your wall stud land center of tank

No it’s only off by a inch or so. That’s why I used the HDPE

 

[Picoflreefer.]

Man I need one of these

 

[Little c big D]

That's a marketable product right there!

 

[Uzidaisies]

Clean

 

[aciak]

Resurrecting an old thread! How are those elbow brackets attached to the aluminum rail? Where did you get those elbow brackets? What’s the length of both ends? The horizontal and vertical length. I’m trying to build a mount for two ai primes over my 20 gallon peninsula.

 

[buruskeee]

No it’s only off by an inch or so. That’s why I used the HDPE

Can you show it mounted on the wall? My tank is also 2” off center to the studs so I’m still in brainstorm mode.

 

[dayttu17]

Resurrecting an old thread! How are those elbow brackets attached to the aluminum rail? Where did you get those elbow brackets? What’s the length of both ends? The horizontal and vertical length. I’m trying to build a mount for two ai primes over my 20 gallon peninsula.

This. I am interested in putting 1 prime over my Nuvo 20

 

[aciak]

This. I am interested in putting 1 prime over my Nuvo 20

I just saw your post. Here's a thread for the mount I built and all the hardware.

Peninsula Light Mount Build

For all you IM 20 Peninsula lovers out there, this one’s for you. Or for that matter, any of you nano (probably under 40 gal) peninsula tank owners out there, this one's sort of for you too. This is for my LPS dominant and some softies mixed tank. It’s been up for 1 year and 9 months. There’s...

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