Options for mounting Aquatic Life T5 hybrid fixture?

[Ironic_Water]

I have no wait to mount the fixture from the ceiling, and wall mount isn't very viable either - which mainly leaves a tank-mount.

Anyone have experience with tank-mounting their T5 hybrid fixture? I have an AP9X and A360XE I'm looking to put on the hybrid fixture. I wonder if I can re-use the Kessil's tank mounts to hold up the hybrid fixture...

The fixture in question.

 

[exnisstech]

I'm not familiar with the kessil mounts. Well I can't attach images. I just get a little box that says obj insert missing anger emoji here lol
Anyway I just set the hybrid fixture on top of the photon. It worked great.

Site is really janky for me this morning

 

[BenThereFraggedThat]

They make a tank mount system that is alright if you have a wood stand. However, drilling an aluminum or steel stand to mount it was a pain, so I opted to go without that option. Like you, I didn't want to hang it from the ceiling buuut that's what I ended up doing. I have the 60 in LED version and hung it using 100lb drywall anchors into the ceiling and then used color matched hooks coming out of them. If your issue is there isn't ceiling to hang from at all, I would look into getting t-bar aluminum and making something yourself. It won't be cheap, but you can ensure that it'll reliably hold the weight of everything. The last thing you want is to have those kessil mounts crack glass due to too much weight.

 

[Ironic_Water]

They make a tank mount system that is alright if you have a wood stand. However, drilling an aluminum or steel stand to mount it was a pain, so I opted to go without that option. Like you, I didn't want to hang it from the ceiling buuut that's what I ended up doing. I have the 60 in LED version and hung it using 100lb drywall anchors into the ceiling and then used color matched hooks coming out of them. If your issue is there isn't ceiling to hang from at all, I would look into getting t-bar aluminum and making something yourself. It won't be cheap, but you can ensure that it'll reliably hold the weight of everything. The last thing you want is to have those kessil mounts crack glass due to too much weight.

Awesome, I may go the stand mount way - mine is wood.

Though moving my aquarium out from the wall is going to be interesting to get access to the back...