Canopy lights

hubble · Apr 21, 2022

New tank coming (60x28x23) with matching stand and canopy. Canopy will be 16" tall and am contemplating lighting sources. I should be able to drill and mount fans on the sides and/or mount a fan in the back (the back will be open). I can even maybe drill some small holes in the top to vent heat out. I wouldn't mind a ATI T5 fixture but they don't recommend those in a canopy. I like the sky, Orphek's, and other LED's and would like to get by with just two fixture's if possible. Tank will be mixed reef, heavy sps, at least that's the plan. Any other lighting suggestions ?

MarshallB · Apr 21, 2022

hubble said:
New tank coming (60x28x23) with matching stand and canopy. Canopy will be 16" tall and am contemplating lighting sources. I should be able to drill and mount fans on the sides and/or mount a fan in the back (the back will be open). I can even maybe drill some small holes in the top to vent heat out. I wouldn't mind a ATI T5 fixture but they don't recommend those in a canopy. I like the sky, Orphek's, and other LED's and would like to get by with just two fixture's if possible. Tank will be mixed reef, heavy sps, at least that's the plan. Any other lighting suggestions ?

I have a 6 foot tank with a canopy. I've just recently upgraded my blackboxes to 3 radion g5 blues.

The other holes were my solution for mounting the blackboxes, but that method did not work well for these radions.

Built a cheap mounting pole out of pvc for about 9 bucks.

My canopy is completely closed. I have some vents in the corners you can't see, but it didn't really control the temp well enough. I mounted some quiet computer fans to the back and plugged them into my apex. They may be small but they do a great job of cooling things down quickly.

I have them set to come on at 79.3.