T5 Fixture

[biggin]

Would something like this work? http://www.4hydro.com/cloning/sunblasterT5.asp

[AndrewH]

Work for what?

The only draw back I see is it's only a single lamp.

[biggin]

Work for anything. It says you can daisy chain up to 8 together. I am looking for a cheap way to light a few of my tanks....

[ElijahTurtle]

I question the "high output" claim. The site is seriously lacking on specs. But other than that, yeah they should work fine. The 65K should do well for a planted tank. If it's a fish only tank, I would look for bulbs higher on the spectrum, since the 65K is going to be in the yellow/green spectrum.

[ElijahTurtle]

I don't know, now that I've went & looked at HO lighting on other sites, the wattage seems right. Maybe they truly are HO lights.
If they really are, I'm going to buy them for my SW tank & swap the bulbs out! HO systems typically start around $100 for a single bulb fixture.

[bgbdwlf2500]

for the money the coralife aqualight T5 dual fixture lights are a great deal...i have the freshwater version on my discus tank but switched out the 6700k bulb to the 10000k bulb....

difference in fresh and salt:

salt has the 10000k bulb and a blue bulb

fresh has the 6700k bulb and a full spectrum (pink) bulb

they go for 50 on the internet, just make sure youre looking at the dual bulb version

[AndrewH]

they go for 50 on the internet, just make sure youre looking at the dual bulb version

You got some links?

[biggin]

http://store.seacorals.net/coaqpofi.html

I know a couple places here locally to get these, and one a little cheaper.

I was going to post something about it later, I just have not got around to it.

You got some links?

[biggin]

Actually this was the link I thought I was posting....

http://store.seacorals.net/coaq6stli.html

http://store.seacorals.net/coaqpofi.html

I know a couple places here locally to get these, and one a little cheaper.

I was going to post something about it later, I just have not got around to it.

[AndrewH]

Which tanks are you looking at putting these over?

They seem like really good deals to me.

[ElijahTurtle]

You got some links?

Cheapest place I've found the t5 aqualights online. I bought mine here. They aren't HO though.
Webaquatics (https://www82.safesecureweb.com/webaquatics/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=CLT5)

[AndrewH]

Dang, I might get one of their RO units RO - $108 (https://www82.safesecureweb.com/webaquatics/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=CL7600&Category_Code=RO)

[ElijahTurtle]

Yeah it only took a few day s to get my light from them, so shipping was pretty quick

[T.c.T]

Cheapest place I've found the t5 aqualights online. I bought mine here. They aren't HO though.
Webaquatics (https://www82.safesecureweb.com/webaquatics/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=CLT5)

Dang it, that is cheap. I wish I saw this thread earlier. i got ripped off.
I bought a used CL PC 24" 2 bulbs off DFWMAS for $50. When I got home and plugged it in, after only half an hour or so, 1 of the bulb went out on it.:(

[AndrewH]

Ouch! The PC bulbs aren't cheap!