Advice? Stand and Canopy

Idk if this would be as relevant as you would like but I've always been interested in canopies with tracks in them. This way you can roll the light outside of the canopy via detachable door from the front or side allowing you more room and less probability of getting one of the most expensive pieces of equipment wet.
possible speedbumps would be that you have to allow slack on your cord somehow in order to be able to slide the fixture in and out. Also you might need two detachable doors 1 to move the fixture and 2 to have access to the tank otherwise the track with the fixture on it would be in the way

 

I've been pondering it on my build as well, the result, if built correctly would be so convenient, but it would be such a headache among many others. Mark Levinson (Melev's Reef) has a setup on his monster tank and it just sounds so nice. Maybe since you said it will be a big canopy construct some sort of pulley where you can lift the fixture within the canopy using the hanging kit?

 

How big of an area will you have to work with? As in how much room on either side of the tank.

 

Or skip the canopy and get a ATI 6 bulb Sunpower and hang it over your tank.

 

My ATI fixtures are hanging from the ceiling like @jeremy said. If you have the room and you want a canopy I would go with something like this:

 

My stand is oversized. Love it too; it's the best decision I made in my build. I have a 90, so same footprint as the 75, but I hate bending down to look in tanks. My stand is 40" tall, so the top rim of my tank is 65.5" from the floor. I can stand in front of my tank and look right into it without bending down at all. I have a ton of room inside my stand too.

I also made my stand six feet wide with my tank centered on the stand. I can upgrade to a six foot tank sometime down the line, but the added foot of work space on either is worth every inch of extra space. I can set my buckets on the sides right next to my tank for siphoning, or can glue corals there, whatever. This also adds to ample room inside the stand. I can store all of my tank equipment and stuff inside my stand. If you have the room, this is a great option.

As far as canopies go, mine isn't finished yet, but it's very light and I can just pull it off and set it aside. My lights are suspended from L brackets mounted to 2x4 risers mounted to my stand and painted to match the wall behind it.

I can post pics if you'd like. I'd have to either find some or take a few when I get home.

 

This is an old pic but it's one already hosted on the net and makes for an easy plug in. This isn't where the tank ended up, just a mock up before I filled it.

 

This isn't the best pic, but I totally forgot I had it. I was originally going to have a 75 gallon on this stand, and since you said you were going with a 75, this is the ratio of tank to stand before I skinned it. It also gives a perspective of how high your tank would be with a 40 inch tall stand, you know... for reference. This is in fact where my setup ended up going.

 

You will definitely like your tank 40 inches off the floor i had my 220 40 inches off the ground it's like you walk up to it and bam is right their i absolutely love it. I have my new tank 38 inches off the floor had to lower it for head space you are more than welcome to come look at it.


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It's a nice tank.

You should go see it just to see what's behind it.