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The counter weight at the front will be enough to hold the hood in place anywhere in along the tracks. To be safe, will also include pins that can slot into the desired height in order lock in the position of the hood on the track (similar to the pins used to hold the weights in the gym).

Plan B should the changes to balance the hood fails. Plan B consists of aluminium track to act as guide to raise/lower the hood. there will be 2 parts to this. 1st part is the main track where it will be mounted on the wall behind the tank. the 2nd part are frames mounted to the side of the hood and fitted in the aluminium track in the first part.

trying out your suggestion even as we speak.. :> Thanks Kareen

Some details of y the design failed: 1. The lights are mounted with majority of the weight to the front. Causing the whole thing to tilt forward. 2. I was taking a bet on the YoYos all along to cater for the weight. Therefore even if the hood is balanced, it will have a problem to hold at the designated height during adjustments as the rated weight is 6kg/YoYo. 3. The YoYos comes with nylon string. Doesn't seemed like it can hold the hood.. Case of wrong application of YoYo (my bad) as I'm sure it can be use to hold a single light bar's weight. (Not flaming abt YoYo but really i made the wrong choice for my type of application) Back to the drawing board.. any bro with idea to raise /lower the combined T5 fixtures.? Pic attached showed how unequal the weight is distributed.. causing light to tilt.

as much as the idea looks good on paper... somehow it doesn't quite translate to the actual outcome (darn.. shouldn't have missed those physics lessons)... The fixture to raise/lower hood didn't work... details to follow.. pic shows a proof oc concept... realised that the hood is not "balanced", that is the whole hood tilts to the front -> UNUSABLE!!

Need some advise from experienced bro here: Case: Need to mount the easy Hanger to the hood so that the whole hood can be raise/lowered. Refering to the pic attached Plan 1: To have a y shaped connection from the hood to the hangers to the ceiling. - the y connection will allow the hood fixture to be "balance" cos the wire cables can be tighten/loosen accordingly. Plan 2: To have something like the Giesemann RAZOR T-5 Hanging Kit (www.reefdepot.com.sg) to mount onto the hood -> easy hanger -> ceiling. Though this approach will look nicer. will it be a problem balancing the hood? ie if the kit is mount too far off the the side, the hood fixture will be tilted... Any recommendations on which / other approches from experts here?

The Acticnic lamps will be left 24/7 for 3 weeks.. -> to encourage coralline algae growth..

FTS.. 21 Oct 2007 Luckily everything within plan (aka CO not in town).. system completed before CO got back... :> GOOD NEWS!!! I got the thumbs up from CO after she touched down in Singapore.. phew ... mission completed..

Thanks Bro.. Coral DO look better from top down.. Also. nieces and nephews can "interact" with the system easier.. aka sea world concept where kids can touch the living things..

btw.. the lubricant works like a charm.. it got my "coughing" aquabee pump revving like a beast... the aquabee (H&s skimmer) has been in my store room for about a year (since i decom).. when i "operate" on the pump, i had to deal with the rust between the impeller and the housing.... should've disect the pump for cleaning and drying before putting it into the store room.. well.. lesson learnt...

.. .. .. lubricant for me Skimmer..

Also had the chance to visit Bro VanDeam.. WOW>> passed me some lubricant.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

gotten a set of yoyo from Dr Evil... these will help to raise or lower the T5s for maintenance.. Thanks Bro Burnerj

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"Rocher" Underwater scope TRANSFORM!!!!.. Its a sump cover now...

My "Rocher" underwater scope... to view the coral top down... :>

Qn: Is it safe to place the T5 on the Euro brace?

another FTS

FTS.. now gotta get stuff to do up my Lights...

popped in my LR from Bro Wai Kit FOC.... thanks bro....

hmm.. my return's cable is not long enough to tuck into the electrical trucking.. so trunkings for show now... ahhahah :>

Plumbed in the pipings... the before and after... Note to those DIY... remember to be kiasu and put in the "C" catch to support weight and reduce vibrations... Hmmm.. I must say Herbie's overflow is solid... no noise for overflow.. Heng... no leaks after i switch on the pressure pump... phew....

Just emptied the water for leak test.. and filling up with fresh H20.... Gotten Marine environment Salt to use in my tank... time to blend it all in...

I think today's gonna be a back breaking day with the following tasks: 1. mix water 2. connect pipings 3. fix lightings

Hi bro, i used a extension sockets for my electrical setup. the extension is plugged in to one of my wall outlets.. This is where the RCD comes in Wall Socket -> RCD -> Extension.. Hope this helps.