LED lights in Canopy?

[Reefrookie733]

Hello all,
Need recommendations as what to do with my LED lights in my canopy.

The canopy came with the setup and it matches and i like it, but i cannot seem to get the lights positioned high enough in the canopy where they should be. Based on the pics would you recommend i cut out 3 holes in the canopy for each light and bracket them in that way. Only issue with that is i would have to remove the lights just to open the canopy!

has anyone had to deal with this?

Suggestions?

Thanks

 

[andrewey]

My personal recommendation would be to mount the lights above the canopy as you said (cutting holes and attaching via L bracket) and cut a new smaller feed door you can pop open to feed the fish. For any large maintenance, you'll still have to remove the canopy.

 

[Reefrookie733]

My personal recommendation would be to mount the lights above the canopy as you said (cutting holes and attaching via L bracket) and cut a new smaller feed door you can pop open to feed the fish. For any large maintenance, you'll still have to remove the canopy.

Thanks Andrew, i didn't think about a feed door as well and that would put my lights at about 14 inches which should be good to go!

 

[jsvand5]

I think it will look very strange having the lights above the canopy. Also, you’d have to cut the holes pretty large to avoid the canopy from blocking light. I feel like it may end up with 3 beams of light in the tank with a lot of dark areas. I have my LEDS mounted in a canopy. A couple inches higher would probably be better but it doesn’t really cause any issues.

 

[Chefwheredyougo]

I just removed the top of my canopy, braced it appropriately, added a mesh screen on top, and mounted the lights on the braces. Gives me exactly 9" of space between light and water. The mesh also acts as a diffuser which is a plus imo.

 

[slojim]

I just removed the top of my canopy, braced it appropriately, added a mesh screen on top, and mounted the lights on the braces. Gives me exactly 9" of space between light and water. The mesh also acts as a diffuser which is a plus imo.

Nice idea chef. I like that better than the cut-outs I've been considering

 

[Chefwheredyougo]

Nice idea chef. I like that better than the cut-outs I've been considering

I think it worked out pretty well, plus the top of the canopy is still usable if I need to put it back on. Just 6 or so screws removed and all was good.