AquaticLife T5 High Output Fixtures

[Koresample]

Just got the unit today. I ordered it last weds, came in this morning from www.thehotfish.com in Windsor. The whole set up seems pretty good, the built in timer is really nice and the bulbs seem pretty good as well. I will see how my corals do with it and post some upates. I have attached a few pics of it. Oh yea, the final price was $279 + tax including all the bulbs! Talking to the dealer, they have all their SPS corals growing under these, and the pics on their pages are all taken under the same lights, albeit the 4' fixtures.

[nanoreefer]

did you get the 24" one? on there site it says there $299 or dose that include tax?

[mseepman]

Interested to see how this turns out.

[Koresample]

It was the one for $299, they sold it for $279 + tax though. I never asked for any discount (other than asked them to waive their handling fee). the overall quality seems pretty good. I have no way of measuring the output of the lights, but it is definitely better lighting than my Hagen GLO 24" fixture. Shipping was through UPS which was about $60 plus $11 for insurance, so $372 in total. You might be able to get it shipped CPS instead, but that is already a bit risky I figured for the extra $40 i knew it would arrive in one piece and in good working order.

[Koresample]

I got a bunch of frags yesterday, moon coral, candy cane, frogspawn etc, they look incredible under the actinics. I am going to try and take some pics tonight of the different lights with them (actinics and moon glows). The moon glow lights look especially cool at night. Most of the stuff i had to wait for dark and then poke around with a led flashlight come out on their own.

[c me fish]

Following along... interested in the 8 T5 HO and 6 Lunar - 72 in model...

[Koresample]

I just posted a series of pics of my tank showing the 3 combinations of light. So far my Corals seem to love them. Lots of polyp extension at night under the actinics for the Candy Cane. I will post some other ones of the Frogspawn.

[Koresample]

the post is called 'pics of my two month old tank' under reef,posted yesterday.

[outtafocus]

I would like to see some more pics of the fixture on top of the tank, interested in how sits up there.

[Dunweb]

Just an update on AquaticLife Fixtures.


In June, AquaticLife will be releasing a modified product line including a 6 bulb 48" T5HO fixtures and fixtures that do not include the timers for those who already have timer systems in place ( will be less expensive as well ).

So, for those contemplating AquaticLife fixtures, the modified line might be of interest.



Chris