Arcadia Luminaire Doesn't Fit!

[dumla]

I brought an Arcadia Luminaire that is the right size for my tank, but doesn't for over the plastic hood!! which is almost angled and not just straight.

My tank is a Fluval Roma 125, I was wondering what I can do to make it fit, i'm not that keen on suspending it unless i really have to!

 

[DevUK]

The only thing I could suggest is cutting a bit out of that sloped edge. Not sure there's much else you could do

 

[WoodenChair]

Looks like (having never owned a tank like this) that they add a border to the actual tank its self allowing them to put on custom hood and this and that, but it also looks like a great marketing ploy, if you cant buy things that fit on top of the tank from the everyday suppliers and generics then you have to buy their "custom fit" products.

Short of finding a way to loose the silicone holding it on (if that is even a remote option, hoping it not structurally important to the tank itself) i would say trying to cut a notch, or even MELT it so that silver metal stand leg on your light will slide into that notch, and use the rest of the lip as normal.

that sounds terribly confusing, if you cant figure it just let me know and ill work up a terrible MS paint drawing of what i mean lol.


Good luck!

-ChairmanWood

 

[BigC]

They are not designed to clamp to an existing hood/canopy but to rest on the glass rim itself.
BigC

 

[WoodenChair]

They are not designed to clamp to an existing hood/canopy but to rest on the glass rim itself.
BigC

I think (im never sure lol) that we have already established that the arcadia hood was not meant to fit on the rim we have already moved into a more McGuiver approach.



Alright.

So here's what we have here.

Picture one is a standard rimmed tank, and what i am sure rests under the prefab top/rim.

Picture two is of the fabricated edge to the best of my horrific MSpaint skills.

The single red strip is where you would cut or melt a slit the length and width of the leg of your arcadia stand legs. Mind you, all of this is to just show for the one foot you showed us.

IF for some reason there is only 2 legs and it relies on that screw connection to steady itself:
A: That kind of light scares me on a tank, too many ways for it to fall
B: This design wont work for you. And i have failed.

Now, assuming there are more legs. and you aren't afraid of a stove and a butter knife, or even better, a dremel with a cutting disk. Lets look at 3 and 4

3 is simple enough. Just a close up of a marked up area and a shakey hand cut (cause i have hands like a sugared up 6 year old... on meth).

Well talk about picture 4 after you look at it.

lolpinkright?

No serious. I drew it in pink / horripurple in wireframeish view so you could see how the foot will rest on top of that flat spot, and sit in the groove you have cut / melted into the angled piece. easy enough to do, and not even required to be accurate to the edge,(mind you they still have to be in line with one another to work) but the further from the center of the top edge, the tighter the fitting will get.

Believe me, i tried to draw a few examples of what i mean there but i am not that good with freehand isometrics. just nope.

But either way, if i missed something or need to better explain something more, let me know.


-ChairmanWood

 

[WoodenChair]

Same thing on the inside edge by the way.

It is SO hard to draw an "appealing to the eye" inside edge. so that you can see that there is a stepped in ledge, but luckily for me, you actually have the tank, so you know that if the foot does not sit flat, and you cannot have the inside leg sit OVER the inside ledge, then you will need to very likely, measure (yes measure) the proper placements for the inside and and outside foot slits. In the end your light would sit on exactly where you want it and i would say has an EXTREMELY minimal chance of falling off. Or ever coming off... ever.

-ChairmanWood

 

[three-fingers]

Arcadia make rim adapters for such hoods, ask your LFS to order one in, or look on the net.

It's the same with the Juwel tanks and many others.

 

[dumla]

Arcadia make rim adapters for such hoods, ask your LFS to order one in, or look on the net.

It's the same with the Juwel tanks and many others.

I've already brought a arcadia overtank adaptor that fits onto rims 32mm wide, sadly they don't have the depth to fit. I was thinking about making some brackets out of perspex and attach the Luminaire to them. Do you think that would work?
Woodenchair,luckily the inside of the leg will fit over the inside ledge, its only the sloping outside edge that's giving the grief!

 

[WoodenChair]

Its may not be the prettiest but if done with a steady hand and cleanly, would look fine, and cost you nada.