Jenny January 14, 2007 January 14, 2007 (edited) Hi All! For Christmas my brother got us a new canopy for the reef. Not just any new canopy. He designed it himself and his buddy built it for us. It is handmade from red oak. I couldn't believe it! I told him most people I talk to their family's are far from supportive. But he actually took the time to design this from just the little comments I made about how hard it is to get into the tank since the mh are so hot. That is just too great. Anyway I really like it and wanted to show it off. We have the coralife aquapro 72" mh. The hanging brakets attach to the top of the hood. It has vents on the top so the lights can breath. The lights are approximately 5 inches from the top. The are about 8" from the water. The entire top lifts up as you can see. That way I can just get on the step ladder and not have to worry about burning my hands or arms from touching the halides but still reach anywhere in the tank. I hope you like it. http://www.wamas.org/forums/index.php?act=module&module=gallery&cmd=si&img=1329 http://www.wamas.org/forums/index.php?act=module&module=gallery&cmd=si&img=1330 http://www.wamas.org/forums/index.php?act=module&module=gallery&cmd=si&img=1331 http://www.wamas.org/forums/index.php?act=module&module=gallery&cmd=si&img=1332 http://www.wamas.org/forums/index.php?act=module&module=gallery&cmd=si&img=1333 Ok not sure why I can't post these images. It keeps saying dynamic pages in the tags not allowed. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong? Edited January 14, 2007 by Jenny
Guest tgallo January 14, 2007 January 14, 2007 I wish i new. I saw the pics of the hood on the main page, looks great.
dhoch January 14, 2007 January 14, 2007 Jenny... Looks good, but let me give you some help with posting pics when they are in your gallery. When you are making the post above the area you are typing look for this image: Click it... it will display a pop up with all your gallery images in it... clicking on any of those images will insert that into your post... Give it a try... it's easy Dave
Jenny January 14, 2007 Author January 14, 2007 Ok here we go. Not sure why the one turned out gigantor since I sized them all the same but.... Thanks Tgallo!
trble81 January 14, 2007 January 14, 2007 Your brother and his friend did a good job. It looks great!
smarsh97 January 14, 2007 January 14, 2007 Wow, that looks nice Jenny. I'm going to have to come over and check it out in person. Sandy
Jenny January 14, 2007 Author January 14, 2007 Thanks all! When I picked it up I couldn't believe it. I asked the guy if he would do some other stands and canopys for me. He said he'd be glad to and would do it for the cost of materials. How great is that?!!??
dzekunoi January 14, 2007 January 14, 2007 Thanks all! When I picked it up I couldn't believe it. I asked the guy if he would do some other stands and canopys for me. He said he'd be glad to and would do it for the cost of materials. How great is that?!!?? Wow, great! Looks fantastic! Good to have good friends!
YBeNormal January 14, 2007 January 14, 2007 Lookin' good! One question, do you have fans mounted on top for the MHs?
YBeNormal January 14, 2007 January 14, 2007 When you are making the post above the area you are typing look for this image: Click it... it will display a pop up with all your gallery images in it... clicking on any of those images will insert that into your post... Give it a try... it's easy Dave Dave, I don't see that icon when I reply or start a new post. I see two bars on top of the edit box. The first has font settings, indent, cut/copy/past and undo/redo. The second bar has bold/italic/underline/strikethrough, color, URL link, insert image (requires URL), email, quote, code, alignment and bullets. Am I looking in te wrong place?
Jenny January 14, 2007 Author January 14, 2007 Thanks everybody! Lookin' good! One question, do you have fans mounted on top for the MHs? The lights aren't retrofit so they come with 4 small fans in the housing. But I've also ordered some of the scythe cooling fans for pcs. They are supposed to be super quiet so we'll see.
TROLL January 14, 2007 January 14, 2007 Very impressive worksmanship! If I had shop equipment then I might would be able to at least make things 80% near that quality. Still, very excellent work
fab January 14, 2007 January 14, 2007 Very nice design and work. A word of caution, though, you should probably turn off the metal hallides and let them cool before lifting the hood. The shock and vibration of moving them while hot might shorten their lives or cause a bulb failure, outright. The fluourescents should be less finicky. fab
Jenny January 15, 2007 Author January 15, 2007 Thanks everybody! Very nice design and work. A word of caution, though, you should probably turn off the metal hallides and let them cool before lifting the hood. The shock and vibration of moving them while hot might shorten their lives or cause a bulb failure, outright. The fluourescents should be less finicky. fab Thanks for the tip I didn't know that. I'll be sure to shut them off and let em cool from now on. Jenny
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