T-5

ingg · Post by **ingg** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 2:17 pm

My catalina is on legs. Only ones I hung are ov er my 180g, I put them on chains hooked to sliding rails to be able to push them back out of the way.

All my tanks are open topped. I am lazy about keeping glass lids clean, and dirty glass blocks a bunch of light to me.... Filling a topoff takes 5 minutes for 3 tanks for me once a week. Cleaning glass lids takes 20 minutes. I will top off.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 2:26 pm

ingg wrote:My catalina is on legs. Only ones I hung are ov er my 180g, I put them on chains hooked to sliding rails to be able to push them back out of the way.

All my tanks are open topped. I am lazy about keeping glass lids clean, and dirty glass blocks a bunch of light to me.... Filling a topoff takes 5 minutes for 3 tanks for me once a week. Cleaning glass lids takes 20 minutes. I will top off.

That's pretty much my philosophy too. I hate fiddling with glass lids. Not having them has a few downfalls, it makes heating the tank a bit less effecient, jumping fish aren't possible to keep and evaporation is pretty bad in the winter time. However, the accessabililty is worth it to me.

Ben - it's black chain.

Sonny Disposition · Post by **Sonny Disposition** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 3:00 pm

What is EMT conduit?

(My hanging lights are in the not-for-show section and hang from unfinished wooden boards held together with screws.)

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 3:08 pm

EMT conduit can be found in the electrical section of the hardware store. It's supposed to be used to run wires through so they aren't exposed.

DelawareJim · Post by **DelawareJim** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 3:16 pm

Electrical Metallic Tubing conduit; the galvanized stuff. Use the grey PVC conduit. It's cheaper and easier to use.

Both are in the electrical isle of HD or Lowe's.

Cheers.
Jim

Ben Belton · Post by **Ben Belton** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 5:12 pm

ingg wrote:Cleaning glass lids takes 20 minutes. I will top off.

I'm there with you. We have a lot of calcium in the water here and its not just cleaning the glass. I sometimes have to soak it in that CRL stuff for a long time to get the deposits off. I'll take open tank.

ingg · Post by **ingg** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 6:33 pm

Umm, will the pvc tubing hold the weight and be as sturdy (and be able to be bent with the same simple to get hand tools) as the metal? Very cool option if so! I know about hot boxes for PVC style conduit, but don't know if it can be bent by force by hand.

If the TEK fixture I bought for the 50g hadn't come with legs (bought it used), I would have done the conduit on that tank and hung that fixture too.

Post by **krisw** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 6:37 pm

Back at the July 2007 meeting, Aaron demonstrated how to build one of these conduit stands. There are some pictures here:

http://gwapa.org/wordpress/2007/07/july-2007-meeting/

Or, here's a picture of my stand:

PaulS · Post by **PaulS** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 7:36 pm

Do you guys with open tops ever find fish on your floor?

ingg · Post by **ingg** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 8:27 pm

Ayup.

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