Advice on AI SOL?
 

Hey guys, soon I have to replace the bulbs in my 6 bulb tek light so I am contemplating going to the AI Sol but I have a couple of questions.

1. The tank they are going over is one of my old frag tanks that is 48x24x12 and is a mixed reef, would 2 be enough?

2. Assuming a very obvious question but I do like a less blue more white look so I am assuming going the sol white is the clear choice.

3. Is there any better options than this for under 1000?

4. What is the best place to buy them? Anywhere local, or good sites with free shipping?

Thanks in advance guys, I really appreciate the help.
Tony

Pm Dave at concepts he has them for 368 till friday

His post is the one that got me thinking about it, I called his store but there was no answer so I figured I would post on here. I will try to call him again later as well.

I had a similar question as your so I'm guessing that your going to need 3 of the Sol units on a 4 foot tank depending on if you have a center brace or not.

I think it depends how much of your 4 foot length is actually rock. If you have end to end rocks then you'll need 3. But if your rock is mostly centered then you can get away with 2

All depends on what you want to keep. I called ai direct for my 300, and because I am setting it up for all sps they sugguested 12 units which I thought its gonna be over kill. I ran 3 on my 210 with it hanging 16 inches awl just to test them out, I was pleasantly supprised on the coverage and how the corals are reacting to it. Compare to 3x250 and 4x80w t5 it was definitely dimmer but if I take out the t5ho it's almost identical coverage and brightness. I know 2 on a 48" with mixed reef will do just fine(12"-14" awl) 3-4 on a sps, lps tank(>12" awl) if you need more reference just check out ai's website, they do offer a guide chart for number of units.

3 places to get your AI's
Concept $368 5%tax(AB)
Modular $389 5%tax(AB)
ocean aquatic $377 12%tax(BC)

http://support.aquaillumination.com/...ecommendations

I have no centre brace and the majority of my corals will in the middle of the tank, well all of them within 6 inches of either side of the tank. I have little rock to try to create a more open look in the tank.

Thanks!

I got mine from Oceans Aquatics. They're in B.C. i'm sure Wendall wil price match.

support your LFS as much as you can.

Logical if the price is the same

agreed, I just called ocean aquatics as they are only 3 blocks from my work, but they are 2 weeks out on the units and do not have a eta on when they would get the controller, I actually called with the intention of going in and getting them if they were in stock lol and my wife says I rush things.....

That's why I opted to make the purchase with a local supplier. I really hate paying the 12% tax though.

I know how's that like.

Kinda glad that I am lazy on my day off, otherwise I will probably have a 210 in my den right now.

Even if you ordered from the states they'd still charge gst and pst at the border

I think he's referring to 5% tax in alberta + the free shipping

+1

Oh ok. I still think by law the retailer has to charge pst if it's being shipped to bc.

I once ordered something from Ontario and only paid gst

If the the sale is for a customer outside of the province, then customer doesn't have pay for the provincial tax. Unless, the particular vendor has an establishment in the customer's province then yes, PST will apply.

Well, I am so close to the boarder that I just get stuff mailed to a mailbox provider right on the boarder of the us side, half of hour drive and I am there. On the back across, just be as honest as I can and 99% of the time our custom agents just wave me through. cheapest I found in the states were 350 each and free shipping.

and that's possibily tax free, depending on the border agent.

Ai sols should be duty free regardless. They assembled in the US