[battmanh]

Hi there,

I have an Ecoxotic E-series sitting directly on the rim of my tank but I would like to raise it 2-3 inches for better spread. Does anybody have advice on raising the light without hanging from the ceiling? I have read about bending conduit but I would like to look in to a simpler method before considering that. I have attached a picture below of the light sitting on the tank.

Thanks!

Matt

 

[battmanh]

It looks like the wire end supports me be able to extend out more.
you could silycone a strip of glass to the top edge of the glass to lift the light.

Thanks for the suggestion! I may have to look in to making acrylic risers to sit on top of the glass. I would prefer not to silicone my tank.

 

[battmanh]

Thank you everyone for the great advice! Daryl's method seems the most ideal for myself. Looks like I'll have something to do tomorrow! I'll update here with the finished product.

 

[battmanh]

I would just like to thank everyone again for their suggestions. I did use Daryl's suggestion although I did not use acrylic that was the same thickness as my tank. My tank is 6mm thick and I found acrylic sheet that was slightly thicker than 2mm so I cut 5 pieces for each side (2 pieces slightly longer) by scoring the plastic and snapping it. Then I glued them together with Krazy glue. Here are the results:

Not the prettiest at the moment with the glue visible. I was thinking of adding some semi transparent self-adhesive foil to cover it up.

Here is the acrylic sheet I bought by the way: https://www.homedepot.ca/en/home/p....--093-inch-x-8-inch-x-10-inch.1000126492.html

 

[battmanh]

let's see some full tank shots, looks like a pretty nice tank

Hehe I will start a journal for it soon I've got a big tank project coming as well!