Hanging halide pendant question

cveverly · 11/10/2008, 07:01 PM

I have a Giesemann halide pendant that includes the ballast so it is pretty heavy. I do not want to make holes in my ceiling or walls for suspending it.

This is going over a 29 gallon tank. I do not want a canopy. I want the top open as possible.

Any of you DIY gurus have a suggestion?

kcress · 11/11/2008, 12:35 AM

I use a pendant from the ceiling. I have seen a steel gantry (big L out of small tubing) to hold pendants also.

kgross · 11/11/2008, 01:03 AM

If you don't want to fasten it to the ceilng, you will have to make a gantry to hang it from. You could make it out of many different items including schedule 80 pvc pipe, iron pipe, 2x4, or lots of other things.

Kim

11/10/2008, 07:01 PM	#1
cveverly Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Port Clinton, Oh Posts: 1,484	Hanging halide pendant question I have a Giesemann halide pendant that includes the ballast so it is pretty heavy. I do not want to make holes in my ceiling or walls for suspending it. This is going over a 29 gallon tank. I do not want a canopy. I want the top open as possible. Any of you DIY gurus have a suggestion?

11/11/2008, 01:03 AM	#3
kgross Premium Member Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Nampa, ID Posts: 5,873	If you don't want to fasten it to the ceilng, you will have to make a gantry to hang it from. You could make it out of many different items including schedule 80 pvc pipe, iron pipe, 2x4, or lots of other things. Kim __________________ Proud Member of the Idaho Marine Aquarium Society America will only be the Land of the Free as long as it is the Home of the Brave. Current Tank Info: AGA 180gallon tank, VHO/MH lighting, DSB, calcium reactor, Also a 7 Gallon Nano softy tank, and a 32 gallon cube

11/11/2008, 12:35 AM	#2
kcress Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Central California Coast. Posts: 5,383	I use a pendant from the ceiling. I have seen a steel gantry (big L out of small tubing) to hold pendants also.