Show off your custom canopies!!!

[H20ENG]

That is jmait769's tank. He has a link to his hood build on page one of this thread.

[t11t5]

some very interesting canopy's here.

[kuramura]

here is mine i wanted simple look

[mm949]

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[mm949]

[bigdeeezy]

nice stand and canopy kuramura...do you have a sump setup?

[bigdeeezy]

anyone else with their custom canopies?

[bigdeeezy]

since i have a 55 gallon which is 20" tall and i am going to be housing 2 250w halides and 4 65w actinic power compacts, what is a decent height in which i should build my canopy?

[DamnPepShrimp]

Ok, I was looking into custom stands/canopies, and forget that. Way WAY too expensive! Plus for the time and effort put into it, definitely not worth it IMHO. Looks like I will be going with a piece of fabric drapped over a 2x4 stand, haven't decided what to do with the canopy, probably the same thing, just worried about heat/fire issues with fabric and halides.

[dhnguyen]

I guess that depends on what you want to build. My stand and "canopy" cost less than $150 total

[DamnPepShrimp]

What is killing me is the doors and trim. I wanted to make it look nice, nothing extravagant. Seems the best is just drap some fabric over the stand, maybe over the hood as well, at least it will be good for dissipating heat.

[kuramura]

Thanks bigdeeezy
here it is with new diy skimmer

[chrismhaase]

[chrismhaase]

Sorry for all the messy shots, the tank always has something to do like organizing wires or some other daunting task.

[bigdeeezy]

wow chrism ur stand and canopy looks like it was made by a manufacturer...great work

kuramura looks like you barely have any space to play with inside that stand

[unclefrosby]

here is a short little video of my custom canopy... click the link


http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...ideoID=6170196

[corals b 4 bills]

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Not finished yet but this is where I'm at so far.
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[bigdeeezy]

unclefrosby i liked how you had the gas shocks on them which makes like way more easier...where did you get the shocks from and how much were they?

coralsb4bills- what kind of reflectors are you using for your halides?

dazed- cant wait until you finish that canopy...you will be putting some molding on the canopy to match the stand rite?

[unclefrosby]

umm I get them from the wholesaler that sells to my cabinet shop in the bay. I dont know if they sell to the public but it was Charles McMurray and Co. They are probably 10 bucks for each hinge and a couple bucks for the hinge plate, and the big one on the top are similar to the hydros youll find in a screen door but they assist open instead of soft close kinda hard to mount though they have to be perfect or it could put stress fractures in your canopy, i think I paid 60 bucks each. Remember all my prices are wholesale, expect to pay a lot more.

[unclefrosby]

here are some more photos

















HERE IS ANOTHER PROJECT

[Giga]

Woh thats one hot tank lid, I hope it has some super good ventalation. Crazy cool though

[dogstar74]

The future's so bright I gotta wear shades! Holy sun burn batman! That hood looks wired!

Sheesh. Looks good though.

[bigdeeezy]

geezus that hood is almost the size of that yukon in the back...why pay for a tan when you can just lay under that hood...LoL how big is the tank in which that hood will be going on?

[unclefrosby]

its around 650 gal. with 8 400 watt halides and a crap load of actinics. Its an old project that I did for Atlantis Aquarium's new grow out tank.