Cadlights Owners?

Oscar · #1 01-22-2008, 07:42 PM

For those Cadlights owners north of the border, a couple of questions:

1. Did your tank and equipment survive shipping?

2. What did the shipping cost?

3. How is service from Cadlights?

4. Do any retailers carry Cadlights or is it strictly phone/web order?

fencer · #2 01-22-2008, 08:12 PM

1. Packed very well
2. Expect to pay 100 - 200 in shipping
3. Can't say
4. I am the only one that I know of and I need to sell 8 of them to make it worth while

Oscar · #3 01-22-2008, 08:42 PM

So you have Cadlights in stock?

fencer · #4 01-22-2008, 08:57 PM

I brought one up to assess for a friend. I would bring up more if I thought there was a lot of interest. Mind you I haven't advertised them either

mseepman · #5 01-22-2008, 09:07 PM

I would advertise them fencer as I think you would get a good response. I was showing someone else their site today (they have a 29G Oceanic that they are returning because it arrived cracked) and their reaction was very good too.

Stoll · #6 01-25-2008, 07:39 PM

I recently asked the folks at Cadlights a couple questions concerning their 39g Signature Series setup and this was their response (which came about 15mins after my email)...

Thank you for your interest. you can purchase the Signature system without the HQI light, the price is $449.99 (694.99 w/ light) and it comes with all of the equipment and components. ( I wanted to know because I'm contemplating putting a 24" LED setup over the tank to reduce heat. Frankly temperature fluctuation in a small tank like this worries me..)

All the equipment is designed by us, but all the replacement components we use industry standard specs such as: HQI, T5HO bulbs, refugium light bulbs, padding etc. so you can either purchase them from us or from other aquarium supplies sources. (I obviously wanted to make sure that by purchasing their setup I wasn't pigeon-holing myself into having to order my replacement supplies exclusively through them).

We ship all of our Canadian shipments with UPS ground service. Our packaging is 4 layer reinforced and cushioned over required specs and is fully insured for you safety. The shipping cost for the aquarium is $80.

I'm still a fair ways away from buying my nano and I'm hoping that the LED systems come down some in price by then. The Cadlights setup with LED and an auto-topoff system would be perfect for what I want.