Light shield for couch viewing

[dmdrak142]

Searched but couldn't find much. My is almost 4 ft from the ground and may couch is considerably Lowe so when I watch the tank, the bright light fixture is blinding. I have a zetlight 6600

Trying to think of aesthetically pleasing ideas to block it without buying a canopy. Thanks in advance!

 

[dmdrak142]

My ^reef tank.

 

[SynDen]

Pics might help to visualize the problem

 

[dmdrak142]

Couldn't figure out how to rotate. Was thinking a black acrylic sheet attached with glued magnets to the lights frame of about 3"

 

[JNG]

How about getting a thin black piece of acrylic or hard plastic and put some Velcro along the front of your tank. You could even get one long piece and have it bent to the dimensions of your tank creating a shell that can be easily removed and installed.

 

[MuralReef]

Or like many people who have this problem create a floating canopy.

 

[Roscoe]

Or like many people who have this problem create a floating canopy.

Just Googled floating canopy reed tank and I like the idea

 

[TheRealChrisBrown]

Can you suspend your lights from the ceiling? It looks like a lot of the floating canopy ones are suspended by cables to me....

 

[just_tim]

Had a similar problem with my evos. My lovely wife made me a curtain. My lights are suspended from EMT conduit so the curtain is attached to the emt.

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[Smiley]

ya, just go to a fabric store and find something that goes good with your decor...i liked the shower curtain hack since they are very durable and easily washable.

 

[Smiley]

you can get conduit cheap and bend it at the store, no need to rent or buy the bender hahahaha

 

[TheRealChrisBrown]

I think if you got some 10 inch wide pine from home depot, built a box with no top or bottom, added some 90 degree brackets to the inside corners, stained it to closely match, and sealed it with polyurethane. And then find at least 2 studs in the wall and bolted it to the wall with some substantial bolts....I think you could achieve an awesome floating canopy look. To my eye the best looking ones must have the power cords run through the wall, but a lot are using some kind of cord keeper to conceal the power to the lights.

That wouldn't be movable though, kinf of permanently attached to the wall, so it would have to allow you enough clearance to clean and rearrange. I wonder if you could do a 3 sided canopy with a top, then use bookshelf brackets....maybe you could slide the floating canopy on and off for maintenance, but have your lights suspended from the brackets? Something like this: http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-Hardw...&qid=1462030006&sr=8-9&keywords=wall+brackets

I just don't know if a wall bracket would get your lights far enough away from the wall to be centered on your tank? Don't know how much weight a wall bracket like that can support either? However if you ever moved from the house or got rid of your tank....you could just put a shelf on it and pretend like it was always meant to be a little bookshelf there! (no patching drywall to cover bolt holes from idea #1 above)