Ways to shield sump from refugium lighting?

[Lylelovett]

Hi all,

I just picked up the AI Prime Fuge light and love it! But is it bright!

I’m brainstorming some ways to shield/block the light from flooding the rest of the sump:

- Cinefoil? This stuff is pretty awesome - not the prettiest necessarily, but I’m leaning this way. Essentially built some barn doors or “visor“ around it.
- Acrylic box? This is way more work to cut and ”glue” acrylic to build essentially a box with a hole in the top for the light.

What else have you done?

Thanks!

 

[3sgterror]

Do you have access to a 3d printer? If so you could print something like this:

AI Prime HD Light Shade by ERC by ludnix

A hardware free light shade for the AI Prime HD aquarium lighting fixture. Designed to keep light directed into the aquarium so you won't be blinded by light spill. It should not affect aquarium light level appreciably. The light shade simple slides over the top of the AI Prime and rests on it's...

www.thingiverse.com

That should point the lighting more downward and make it so it can't spread as much.

 

[phatduckk]

Here’s what u did to my tank. Perhaps you can modify it to suit your needs

Simple Red Sea Reefer 350 Refugium Light Blocker

I got the refugium on my RSR 350 setup about a month ago w/ a Kessil H180; the macro is growing well & everything's mostly good... except the light was causing algae to grow in my skimmer =( Pretty gross, right? I started looking around for a way to "cone off" or block the light. Finally...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[Lylelovett]

Do you have access to a 3d printer? If so you could print something like this:

AI Prime HD Light Shade by ERC by ludnix

A hardware free light shade for the AI Prime HD aquarium lighting fixture. Designed to keep light directed into the aquarium so you won't be blinded by light spill. It should not affect aquarium light level appreciably. The light shade simple slides over the top of the AI Prime and rests on it's...

www.thingiverse.com

That should point the lighting more downward and make it so it can't spread as much.

I don't have a 3D printer, but I love it!

 

[Lylelovett]

Here’s what u did to my tank. Perhaps you can modify it to suit your needs

Simple Red Sea Reefer 350 Refugium Light Blocker

I got the refugium on my RSR 350 setup about a month ago w/ a Kessil H180; the macro is growing well & everything's mostly good... except the light was causing algae to grow in my skimmer =( Pretty gross, right? I started looking around for a way to "cone off" or block the light. Finally...

www.reef2reef.com

This is interesting. Looks simple enough - not too easy to screw up.

Thanks.

 

[phatduckk]

This is interesting. Looks simple enough - not too easy to screw up.

Thanks.

I’d never done any acrylic work before and it was pretty easy. It’s doesn’t have the cleanest seems but it holds and works.