Securing Aquatic Life hybrid to hood?

[ShepherdTech]

picked up a 61” hybrid fixture and realized it has the cables for hanging, but nothing to secure it to the canopy. Did anyone grab hooks or something from Home Depot or Lowe’s? If so, what did you get? Thanks!

 

[Paleozoic_reefer]

You didn't get something like these in the box?

 

[ShepherdTech]

You didn't get something like these in the box?

I did, but wanting to know what you used to secure it to the canopy.

 

[JPK_Esquire]

I just had this same problem. I made rails for the fixture to sit on. I drilled through the top of the canopy and suspended the rails from the top of the canopy. The fixture slides forward and backward. I’m out of town this weekend, but send me a PM and I’ll send you pics of what I did, including the hardware used from Home Depot.

 

[Paleozoic_reefer]

@ShepherdTech I went back and forth for days looking online for examples on how to hang it! I eventually just broke down and got their hanging system...

 

[ShepherdTech]

@ShepherdTech I went back and forth for days looking online for examples on how to hang it! I eventually just broke down and got their hanging system...

I’m using a canopy, so that won’t work for me.

 

[Albertan22]

I assume you already bought the fixture but if you are using a canopy why wouldn’t you just buy a retrofit kit so you can hard mount your t5s directly into the hood then just mount your LEDs the same way? You could bypass having a fixture in your canopy, make everything that much cleaner and also make removing your canopy that much easier and safer than having a big fixture hanging from cables inside.

 

[ShepherdTech]

I assume you already bought the fixture but if you are using a canopy why wouldn’t you just buy a retrofit kit so you can hard mount your t5s directly into the hood then just mount your LEDs the same way? You could bypass having a fixture in your canopy, make everything that much cleaner and also make removing your canopy that much easier and safer than having a big fixture hanging from cables inside.

I wanted this fixture in addition to the 2 bulb retro I have. I don’t like the way retros mount and also don’t like the way the radions hang from the cable. Thanks for the suggestion though.

 

[ShepherdTech]

I don’t want to drill through my hood, so may just send it back. Thanks all.

 

[JPK_Esquire]

I don’t want to drill through my hood, so may just send it back. Thanks all.

I wasn’t wild about drilling through the hood either, but I spent a solid couple of weeks thinking through this. The only other option was attaching to the wall using the brackets shown above, and then slide the canopy against the wall covering it so it doesn’t show. Unless your canopy is really high (I had them add 2 inches of height and it would not have been enough), it’s not a viable option. Good Luck!