Reef Chandelier Planning?

[SeymourDuncan]

Alright, So here is what I have come up with for my lighting, I love how it looks on my tank and Am going to make it permanent. I have a 400watt halide, a 420 actinic t12 and 2 blue actinic t5s...

I want to ditch the Canopy, as the tank is waist level. I want to be able to look in the top of my tank.

I plan on having (with the exception of the Halide Ballast) all the electronics on the fixture, thus only having the power cables dangling. They will be on individual timers, unless I buy a new powerstrip that does multiple timers.
So the electronics is already planned and I have reflectors. all I am needing to do is design the fixture itself.

The room is a cream/gold marble theme with Cherry Trim, so the fixture has to be fit for a king.

I am trying to decide if I want an Arm off the wall or a chain from the ceiling.
I also need to figure out materials.

SO,
To start off...
What would anyone recommend as a lightweight Housing to fit the 4 bulbs?

Will the Metal Halide Burn wood?

OR if anyone has done anything similar, your ideas in general would be cool.

I do not have Lunar Lighting yet, I am going to get a small LED strip some time after the light is running.

As Far as Light positions, I want the Purple in the front, the Blue in the back, the halide in the middle and Poisitioned 10 inches higher off the water than the t5s. (any lower and I have diatom overload)

Still planning, so im open to er'thang

 

[revsgirl]

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[SeymourDuncan]

This is the longest I have ever waited for a reply haha! No biggie! I have some cool Ideas.

 

[Pkunk35]

Warlock,

its hard to envision without a pic and I'm not a very good DIY guy, but I do know that ReefKoi sells mounting legs that perhaps you could mod for your lighting. I was considering them at one point.

Also i have seen metal piping used to suspend lighting from the back of the tank, the piping can then be painted black to look nicer.

I can look up some pics if you like. Just pm me.

 

[SeymourDuncan]

I will Draw out an Idea, and all the lights involving it. I am still deciding if I just want LEDS though.....So tempting. If I do them I am just going to hang them from a gold chain to match the Trim. But then this thread would be less exciting when I actually start! haha.

 

[3Twinklets]

I once had a fixture that hung from the ceiling, made of wood that matched my cabinet, and it had metal halide fixtures inside. I looked for old pictures the other day and cannot find them on my computer.

 

[AsphaltPays]

Looking forward to one of them cool videos about how it gonna be Good Luck and Following Along!!


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[SeymourDuncan]

Looking forward to one of them cool videos about how it gonna be Good Luck and Following Along!!


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Well, my neighbor gave me a cool idea. If we use it, We are going to take the canopy apart and send it through a planer to make it lighter without taking away from the look. Im going to hang it like a porch swing (without the your springs lol). It will however be on a pulley so i can raise it. But thats also still just an idea. The canopy is mahogany, so im not sure how good i feel about altering it :/