Mitch - I'm not too worried about the heat as it's 12" away and it barely ever comes on. The last tank I had there never heated up in the least :biggrin: Thanks for the concern though. It would have been awful to come into work to a bowl of fish soup if something like that was overlooked.

Tony - The entire unit is a canadian made, from out east. The brand is AquaRay but is also sold under the Reef Tech label. The ballast is one of the nicest electronic ones I've seen. The entire casing is a heat sink and there is an externally accessible fuse, it's also a soft start which is nice. It also has a quick disconnect cable to the pendant which is an all aluminum construction with a hammertone reflector.

http://www.aquariumdepot.com in Toronto carries the ballasts under the Reef Tech name in 150W, 250W(dimmable to 175), and 400W versions.

I'm not sure what brand the bulb that came with the fixture is as I haven't pulled it out yet to check. I'm guessing it's also a Reef Tech bulb and either 10,000K or 14,000K.

More pick tomorrow with the SCWD on the tank :biggrin: :cool:

I couldn't find any info for the unit at that site. :neutral: :question: Must be buried somewhere! :biggrin:

Oh well, was more curious than anything. It looks interesting.

I just searched that crappy site for fifteen minutes, and could not find it either. :frown:

I'm not sure that they carry the pendant, only the ballasts maybe?
I'd call them and ask though.

I got the pendant & ballast directly from the distributor but I'll find out where you can get them and let you know.

Evan.