Cheap lighting HQI... to good to be true?

[lastlight]

Originally Posted by medhatreefguy

Ecotech has the patent on the design so they don't have to worry about some chineese factory banging out copies. A lot of the manufacturers out there rely on their brand and the old "made in Germany" which is overplayed IMO. Not a whole bunch of innovation coming out of Germany these days. There's no disputing European craftsmanship, but with all the CNC technology today, pretty much anyone in the world can rival them.

From Roger over on the Tunze Forums:

"The power supply is also made in China, to be technically exact it is made in Hong Kong which is now a Chinese territory. We took over a year to source the power supply and tested just about every manufacturers power supply, these were the coolest running with no fan and that is why they were chosen. Power Supplies, like magnets are something that is almost exclusively made in China. The pump is still made in Germany at the Tunze factory in Penzberg. "

So yeah even the German stuff is Chinese.

[RuGlu6]

look here if you want to see the fixture and ballasts pics.
http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sho...183#post618183

[syncro]

What are the differences between the Extendable Series and Adv Plus Series?

24" 298W Metal Halide System Extendable Series
24" 346W Metal Halide System Advance Plus


Better, extendible legs? Does one have a better/newer ballast design? Individual reflectors?

[The Grizz]

The Adv + have 4 T5 instead of 2, 4 LED moon lights instead of 2,individual reflectors and better legs but they don't extend past the fixture

[syncro]

Thanks Grizz!

[arash53]

Quick question :

I want to order 24" 346W Metal Halide System Advance Plus for my RedSea MAX 34Gallon is it over kill ?

1x Odyssea 250W DE HQI Bulb 15000K

4x Odyssea 24W T5 High Output Bulb Actinic Blue

4x Dual Bluemoon LED


Thanks

[msjboy]

I think that's an overkill... look at reefsanctuary.com and nano-reef.com to see what lights people are using on their RSM 34. There's dedicated sub forms on the redsea max's! I have one myself and am looking into a better lighting solution which likely will be LED.

msjboy

[The Grizz]

Originally Posted by arash53

Quick question :

I want to order 24" 346W Metal Halide System Advance Plus for my RedSea MAX 34Gallon is it over kill ?

1x Odyssea 250W DE HQI Bulb 15000K

4x Odyssea 24W T5 High Output Bulb Actinic Blue

4x Dual Bluemoon LED


Thanks

Definitely overkill, I would go LED for sure, I am switching all my tanks over to LED one at a time.

[ScubaSteve]

Originally Posted by arash53

Quick question :

I want to order 24" 346W Metal Halide System Advance Plus for my RedSea MAX 34Gallon is it over kill ?

1x Odyssea 250W DE HQI Bulb 15000K

4x Odyssea 24W T5 High Output Bulb Actinic Blue

4x Dual Bluemoon LED


Thanks

Nah dude, I think you're fine. I have 380W (250W HQI + actinics) over my 40G and everything is happy as... well... a clam (or whatever you could consider the general level of happiness of SPS). And my light is only 4" or so from the water... whatever the stock legs give you. Take 'er easy when upgrading and be very sure to light acclimate slowly. Do it over the course of several weeks until you find that sweet spot.