I am planning a 265 gallon peninsula style reef tank. Because our family room has vaulted ceiling‘s, hanging the lights over the aquarium and having them look good is going to be a challenge. The look I’m going for is to suspend the lights over the tank with no closed in canopy Sitting on top of the tank.
My thought was trying to place a track of some sort in the wall that would be sturdy enough to cantilever the lights over the aquarium without having to have a second brace on the other side of the aquarium. This way I could slide the lights up and down as needed for proper lighting and maintenance.
I’m hoping some of you have some knowledge about different track systems and you have seen or done something similar on your aquarium. Do you have any suggestions on some kind of a track that I could flush mount to the wall and have some sort of locking mechanism so that the light bar will stay in place where I put it. I think the real challenge is the weight that would be created by the cantilever caused by the lights, especially if I placed a small frame around them to hide them. So whatever track it is, it’s going to have to be big and beefy. Any ideas? Thanks
My thought was trying to place a track of some sort in the wall that would be sturdy enough to cantilever the lights over the aquarium without having to have a second brace on the other side of the aquarium. This way I could slide the lights up and down as needed for proper lighting and maintenance.
I’m hoping some of you have some knowledge about different track systems and you have seen or done something similar on your aquarium. Do you have any suggestions on some kind of a track that I could flush mount to the wall and have some sort of locking mechanism so that the light bar will stay in place where I put it. I think the real challenge is the weight that would be created by the cantilever caused by the lights, especially if I placed a small frame around them to hide them. So whatever track it is, it’s going to have to be big and beefy. Any ideas? Thanks