AquaticLife T5 High Output Fixtures

[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.

[mseepman]

Um...where did you post those pics?

[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

[Koresample]

I had my first problem with the fixture...the 420/460 bulbs both went out during the middle of the day. Swapping the bulbs around it turned out that they were fine, the problem lied with the fixture itself. I called the vendor, who contacted the manufacturer, who called me directly on my cell..all within 2 hours! To make along story short, they had a production problem with the way some of the connectors were installed which caused the problem. We figured this out within 24 hrs, and the manufacturer shipped me a brand new fixture from California by Fedex, it came within 4 working days!! They also told me to keep the new bulbs that came with the fixture as compensation for the troubleshooting I did to determine the exact problem. Bottom line: Great service from a manufacturer that cares about customer service! I will be moving this over to the T5 thread that has started and continue my review.