Sun Aquatics bulbs
 

i am going to set up 2 metal halide lamps for my 60gal. i was looking at the selection at J&L and was wondering why the Sun Aquatics brand were so much cheaper than the rest of ttheir selection. are these lower qulity bulbs?

thanks, Manuel

I tried ordering some from J&L, but they sent me an email telling me that they had temporarily discontinued the bulbs until quality issues are fixed. After I gave them a call, I was informed that they were getting numerous complaints about the color quality of the bulbs. Quite a few people complain about a green or yellow tint to the bulbs. I ended up buying Ushios. You get what you pay for I guess.

-Richer

they do have a tint to them but if you are strapped for cash from buying your ballasts and reflectors and you have never had MH be for they will be good. then at a later date you can upgrade the bulbs if you see fit. I am burning the SA 10K 250 watt bulbs right now and ya there is a slight green tint but it disappears with actinic VHO's on. I would actually buy these bulbs again if I could get them for the same price I paid for them.

On that note I think I have two 14K SA's here still that I might be willing to part with. they are nice if you like the radium blue look.

Steve

You can buy them on ebay for $30 us, from Canada
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...e=STRK:MEWA:IT

hmmm maybe I should get some free bulbs for the use of the pictures of my tank with out my permission :rolleyes:

Steve

Steve, I would certainly send a cease and desist letter to Venkiw. And have a lawyer send him a bill for the use to date.

:eek: :evil:

that is just incredible...

given his history, it isn't that incredible. :rolleyes:

Steve, here is his contact info...

Venki Worathur
CEO
Sun Aquatics
venkiworathur@sunaquatics.com

Crappy. Hm, maybe you were posting pictures of his tank as your own??? :question: :question: :question:

Just kidding. Posting other people's pictures without permission to sell your products is certainly very inappropriate.

Nice comparison pics of the SA bulbs by the way. Very useful if I was a potential buyer of SA bulbs. :biggrin: