bulbs from sun aquatics
 

Hi All,

You may be aware that I started selling bulbs on this forum a while ago. We have decided to become a commercial operation and we operate under the name Sun Aquatics.

We mainly focus on Metal Halide Bulbs & Ballast. We have been in the market for 3 months and we are getting excellent feedback about our products.

As most of you may know JB NY on RC has been doing some independant research on 250 watts SE MH Bulbs. We decided to send him a bulb so that we could get some compariosn with other bulbs in the market. JB was kind enough to include his bulbs in his comparison and he has posted his results on his website. The link to his website is provided for your information. Our bulbs are marked as SUN10K

http://www.cnidarianreef.com/lamps.cfm

Our bulbs seem to be doing well compared to most bulbs in the market. It also produces a beautiful color in our opinion.

Our bulbs are priced at half of the nearest competitor in the comparison.

We are launching many more prodcuts in the Future (This Christmas). We hope yu'll find our products attractive.

Thanks

Venki Worathur
Marketing Manager
Sun Aquatics

Hi Venki
do you have a web site?I'm hopefully upgrading to Mh in a month(unless Mrs. Claus is good to me :biggrin: )was wondering what the cost would be for 250watt ballast and a bulb.

Cheers
Jim

Re: bulbs from sun aquatics
 

How are we suposed to buy your products if as you put it "Sorry we cannot ship to the region." was there a problem with the courier or Canada Post? if so did you get it worked out?

Steve

Jim, try this page near the bottom:

http://www.canreef.com/phpBB2/viewto...r=asc&start=60

Thanks Alan :biggrin:
gotta go tell Santa I've been a good little reefer :mrgreen:

on the 250watt Mh ballast can you run 2 bulbs or just one?

Pretty sure that's a single.

Yes the ballast can power only one bulb.

Our price list is as follows:

Product Code Description Price(CAD) Stock Status
SA10-175SBU 175 Watts 10kK (SE) - Bulb 42.00 In Stock
SA10-250SBU 250 Watts 10kK (SE) - Bulb 45.00 In Stock
SA10-400SBU 400 Watts 10kK (SE) - Bulb 48.00 In Stock
SA14-250SBU 250 Watts 14kK (SE) - Bulb 48.00 December 25th
SA20-250SBU 250 Watts 20kK (SE) - Bulb 48.00 December 25th
SA14-400SBU 400 Watts 14kK (SE) - Bulb 50.00 December 25th
SA20-400SBU 400 Watts 20kK (SE) – Bulb 50.00 December 25th
SA10-250DBU 250 Watts 10kK (DE) – Bulb 49.00 December 25th
SA14-250DBU 250 Watts 14kK (DE) – Bulb 52.00 December 25th
SA20-250DBU 250 Watts 20kK (DE) - Bulb 52.00 December 25th
SA250EB Electronic Ballast 250 Watts 115.00 December 25th
SA400EB Electronic Ballast 400 Watts 120.00 In


Shipping restriction has been lifted with immediate effect. These are distributor prices and will not hold good once we appoint a distributor for the region.

Just wondering if you will be selling 150watt DE bulbs & ballasts and 175 watt ballasts?

Cheers,
Vic [veng68]

Sorry those items are not in demand and we do not carry them.

Re: bulbs from sun aquatics
 

I must be completely computer challenged here - as I cannot find a link anywhere, to view/online shop for these bulbs?
The URL provided above is "not found".....
~Tamara

Tamara,
try it again.I just tried and it works

Jim

Thanks Jim,
I tried several times this a.m. and nothing... Now, after posting my question, it works, LOL.
~Tamara

Have you try your ballast with x10 ????? are they causing noise on the circuit so they need a noise filter ?????

All Electronic Ballasts in the market cause noise with X10 devices. Getting a filter is a good idea if you have an X10.

Thanks

Venki

The introductory offer on these lamps will be ending soon. You'll see a 10 - 15% increase on these prices shortly.

Will you be announcing local distributors for these products soon?

Yes we are talking to variuos retailers and distributors.

Venki

Yes we are talking to variuos retailers and distributors.

Venki

Will they be marking up prices drastically or will still be 10 or 15%?

We are trying to keep them to 10 - 15%. So the pricing advantage is not lost.

VW

:cool: would hate to lose a good source for great priced product we all use.(and besides,I still want to order more stuff :mrgreen: )

J&L is our authorised dealer
 

Hi,

We are pleased to inform that J&L aquatics will be one of our authorised dealers for the Sun Aquatics Metal Halide Bulbs.

They are introducing our bulbs at the same price you were paying me all these days, this is a special introductory offer, please don't miss out on this opportunity to tell a dealer how much you have heard about our products.

Call John at J&L to enquire about our products, our full range of products are now available, 175 Watts, 250 Watts, 400 Watts, 10K,14K,20K and Double ended Bulbs.

Your support is much aprreciated.

Thanks

Venki Worathur

J&L is also planning a big boxing day sale so don't miss the opportunity to save big on items storewide and online.

J&L is our authorised dealer
 

Hi,

We are pleased to inform that J&L aquatics will be one of our authorised dealers for the Sun Aquatics Metal Halide Bulbs.

They are introducing our bulbs at the same price you were paying me all these days, this is a special introductory offer, please don't miss out on this opportunity to tell a dealer how much you have heard about our products.

Call John at J&L to enquire about our products, our full range of products are now available, 175 Watts, 250 Watts, 400 Watts, 10K,14K,20K and Double ended Bulbs.

Your support is much aprreciated.

Thanks

Venki Worathur

J&L is also planning a big boxing day sale so don't miss the opportunity to save big on items storewide and online.

can we still order the electronic ballasts from you or do we order from JL?
Was interested in a 250 electronic mh ballast.

Jim

J&L is not carrying the Ballasts,can we order them from you Venkiw?I'd like one of the 250 watt.

Hey Venki, any response to whether or not the 250W ballasts are ready to ship?

If so, Coffeeman do you want to split the shipping as I'd like to order two for myself.

Perhaps we could organize a group order for Greater Vancouver if Venki is willing to give us a group discount? :question:

Unfortunately at this time the ballasts are not ready for shipping, as soon as they are ready for shipping, I will post, when, and where they will be available. Thanks for your patience...

Re: J&L is our authorised dealer
 

If they are, they haven't added them to their web page ..

I believe they are selling out so fast they are afraid of putting it on their website. Should be there shortly after distribution is in place (may be a few weeks).

Venki

How about a "best guess" as to when they will be ready?

And UnderWorld, are you a dealer for Venki and SunAquatics?

And lastly, what is the expected price of the 250W eBallasts?

ballasts should be shipping around mid febuary, pricing will be figured out shortly, well under $200 retail

Under $200???? Whatever happend to:

:question: :exclaim: :question: :exclaim:

As mentioned, these are distributor prices that Venki was offering the public, he was offering product at these prices to generate some public awareness...that stage is finished and product is now being offered through retail locations. Comparable electronic ballasts "wholesale" for $230-$268, retail should be around $175-$185 or close to...

Perhaps this may explain why some of us are confused. Kyle your telling us the bulb prices have gone up, but only a short time prior Venki stated they'll be the same as his intro prices. So at least I'm confused.

I bought a couple of 250's from J&L yesterday :biggrin: . John stated that they will run out of bulb's at the introductory price within a few days so if you want to save, act now :wink: .

^ What he said...
The first order of bulbs at J&L were a promo order,(special). I guess Venki's key words were "We are introducing" Sorry for any confusion, simply put, they are still really inexpensive... If they were sold retail for the previous introductory prices, no expenses would get covered and the bulbs would be no longer.

OK understood, I geuss I just figured if it was an introductory price, J&L would have introduced the new product line on their webpage and the introductory prices. Kyle you are correct in saying the quoted prices you've mentioned are descent. So long as the bulbs stand the test of time. Which includes customer support, expected life of the bulbs and overall success of the animals supported under them. Now to suggest the price is better then others on the market can only be validated with long term success. Don't get me wrong as hobbiest I think we all welcome better pricing and new products. With that said $75 for one bulb is still a descent amount of money. Someone not in the hobby would still think we're nuts to pay that much. :lol:

What I don't get is why there are three levels of distribution here...

^ couldnt have wrote it better myself...
especially the "nuts" part...lol

um because its normal, Venkiw (manufactuer or Canadian rep) to UWA (disturbitor) and the store (retailer)

nothing unusaual at all except for the limited number of distrubitors for such a large area.

Steve