How to hang Mitras Lightbar from the ceiling?

[TheOkram]

Hello everybody. My first post in the forum after receiving a box of GHL goodies yesterday :-)

I have purchased a 160 cm Mitras lightbar (Daylight) for my South-American cichlid tank which is 200 cm long. After putting it over the tank yesterday I can say that it is a fantastic light, very pleasant rendition and more than enough to light my tank (which will not be planted).

For several reasons I would prefer to hang the lightbar from the ceiling. Is this possible?

I have already purchased the Z-holder for Mitras lightbars as it was my understanding that these are to be used to fix the lightbar to whatever mounting system is used. Can simply I use the GHL-Profilux Suspension Set (or a similar hanging wire kit, like the one from Giesemann) to connect to Z-holders and hang the lights? If necessary, drilling additional holes in the Z-holder is not be a problem for me.

The tank is an open-top tank and is positioned in a separate aquarium room - aesthetics of the mounting solution is not very important.


Marko

[PIWAWT]

Hallo Marko
take a10 or 20 cm aluminum profile and screw the Z-holder on the profile. At the profiles, you can then attach the tightrope. This prevents tilt or twist the lightbar.

regardt Pit

[TheOkram]

Thanks, Pit! Will try this.

[Dumaurier7]

Hi, can you post a pic of what you came up with ?

[Dumaurier7]

......also, does anyone know the minimum mounting distance from the waters surface?

[TheOkram]

Hi Dumaurier,

sorry that I missed your question - I rarely visit the forum.

What I eventually did is that for starters I indeed simply drilled holes into the Z-holder and hung the lightbar with the Profilux suspension set. As Pit has kindly hinted, this introduces a certain degree of twist of the lightbar, meaning it is not exactly parallel to the water surface. Since in my case this does not matter - I am illuminating a South American river tank with floating plants only, so light penetration efficiency is not important to me - I simply stuck with this solution.

For precise alignement of the lightbar the solution which Pit proposed would be required. But from a purely mechanical point of view, Z-holder is strong enough to hold my 150 cm lightbar.

Marko