Would you do this?

[DmitryB]

Today it got really hot during the day, the temp in my tank climbed a bit. So I grabbed the little Hygger aquarium fans I bought and of course, it's hard to find a good place to mount these on the rim because then the custom lid doesn't work. So I thought what if I hanged them off the Printed Reef shade for the Radions? Each of the two fans weighs 7.7 oz. I admit to being a nervous Nelly and I'm seeing all kinds of catastrophes in my mind. Would you do this?

 

[tbrown]

I used the Orphek hanging kit to hang an OR4 from my two Noopsyche mounting arms. My concern with the shade would be how it attaches to the lights and how solid it is.

 

[DmitryB]

I used the Orphek hanging kit to hang an OR4 from my two Noopsyche mounting arms. My concern with the shade would be how it attaches to the lights and how solid it is.

The shades slides on to the light so in theory...

 

[tbrown]

The shades slides on to the light so in theory...

My Printed Reef shades are on a Neptune Sky and they're a 2 piece that clips together. My Noopsyche shades are installed from the top and hang on the light itself. I'd be more comfortable hanging them off my Noops shades than my Sky shades for sure.

 

[tbrown]

The other concern is going to be the bracket attached to the arm - can it handle the additional weight?

 

[DmitryB]

Hmmmm.... these Radion arms seem solid, but again... I'm always scared! LOL. Maybe there are some cheap mounting brackets I can get to attach to the back chamber (this is an AIO), so it doesn't get in the way of the cover screen.

 

[DmitryB]

These Hygger light mounts are $23 on sale now. Overkill obviously, but maybe worth it. (And there are now a million things hanging off the back rim of this tank! )