Yet Another DIY Moonlight

Well, this was my first attempt at a DIY and decided to make a moonlight for my 55g.
The one problem with my DIY light is that only incandescent rope lights were available, I'll have to buy led rope lights soon since the incandescents get pretty warm. Another problem is that it does crowd the top of the tank.

Materials:
-Standard house gutter ($5)
-2 gutter end caps ($3 each)
-ropelight ($15)
-super glue

Tools:
-saw
-drill w/ bore bit

1) Cut gutter to the length of your tank.
2) Attach end caps on both ends.
3) Super glue the rope light clips to the inside of the gutter.
4) Bore a hole in the back the size of the connector from the rope light to the power cord.

The following pictures are a progression of the build, simple and easy.

it looks pretty good, the incandescents aren't as brights as the led will be when i finally order the led rope light. the battery charger for my camera is missing so i'm taking pics with my cell and i couldn't get a picture of it in the dark, but it does look good.

another way to reflect more light downward would be to glue mirrored tiles to the inside of the gutter. just a thought if the current light output isn't enough light for anyone.

I also plan on spray painting the outside black to match the tank trim and fluorescent light fixture

yea, i've looked into chrome spray paint for restoring things and can be pretty pricey, a little out of my price range, but it would look good, haha

oo, alright, i was looking at The Alsa Corp chrome paint, quite pricey