WTB: Lighting and Tanks (Okanagan)

Myka · #1 02-06-2008, 05:28 AM

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Originally Posted by mr_alberta

I should have a 36" 4-bulb Tek Light in black for sale in about a month or so. Bulbs are Giesmann (2 actinic +, 1 Actinic blue, 1 midday iirc). Unit and bulbs are about a year old now and I'm still getting nice colors and growth out of my LPS/Softies.

Send me a PM when you're ready to sell!

Those Sun Blasters must be NO T5s, not HO T5s....???

mseepman · #2 02-06-2008, 11:49 PM

Myka, the Sunblasters are actually HOT5's. I've replaced the stock 6700k bulb with first a 10,000k 39w and then an Aqua Blue+. I have a Fiji Purple on the way for it since I'm still disapointed in the color of my light with a 10k MH and the lousy PC Actinics from Coralife.

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Originally Posted by Myka

Send me a PM when you're ready to sell!

Those Sun Blasters must be NO T5s, not HO T5s....???

Myka · #3 02-07-2008, 03:42 AM

Anyone have a light meter? I have a hard time believing these SunBlasters aren't a waste of money...

mseepman · #4 02-07-2008, 03:49 AM

Haha...well I don't know what to tell you. They don't come with a reflector as they are aimed at the hydroponic industry but reflectors are available as I showed you with the link to Prairie Reef.

I don't like how I've had to set them up, but they sure have brightened up my tank and that's just one 39W.

Myka · #5 02-07-2008, 03:51 AM

No reflectors? LOL! Hmm...I wonder if there's enough room to clip on the Tek reflectors...? Anyone tried? I tried putting the Tek reflectors on a GLO unit, and they didn't fit.

mr_alberta · #6 02-07-2008, 03:57 AM

Those Sunblaze strip lights look like the old Helio T5 fixtures...

mseepman · #7 02-07-2008, 04:02 AM

Myka,

The lights look just like the ones that they call Sun Blaze...http://www.prairiereefsupplies.ca/index.php?id=95

If they fit in that reflector, they would be a steal. I run them with a butchered GLO reflector (1/2 of one actually) and plan to order a reflector from Prairie Reef when Gools makes his next order from there (fairly regularly as I understand it). I guess the best thing I can say is that I would buy them again.

Myka · #8 02-07-2008, 04:28 AM

Hmm...I can't tell from the photo if the Tek reflectors would fit in or not....they need quite abit of space.