Is that 8.99 price including shipping ?

If not - what's the damage to send em.

I have ordered from them before. Good selection and reasonable shipping prices.

Shipping is like $5.00...I just ordered some magnets from them for my splash guard....

i just did a google for rare earth magnets and it was the first on the list...LOL, had no idea if it was a good deal or not...glad it worked out well for you guys!!

$14.00 for magnets - that could have cost me $1.00 if I was paying attention this weekend.

D'OH!!!!

Oops

Mod-ing my 8 bulb fixture today and tomorrow.
So far I've added a second cord for separate control over each set of bulbs and made some not too ghetto legs out of some aluminium I had. Tomorrow I'll paint the legs and work on a plexi shield.
Hopefully, pics tomorrow if all goes well

If you need your Aluminum replenished - let me know

Damn! It was gonna be a surprise! Here's the inspiration-

OK, i modded the pizz out of this!

Second cord-


Legs-


after paint-


shield-


Viola!


You can see a more in depth thread here-
http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?...=181575&hl=

or here-


http://www.lareefclub.com/forum/viewtopic....&highlight=


Feel free to ask questions here, there, or in pm's

Finally got my splash guard on. My original plan was to use those cheap stick on magnets that you can buy at any hardware store but those failed miserably so I went with the rare earth magnets that Evil suggested and they worked great.

what are you using for a splash guard? it seems like acrylic sheet. any one experience any warping with it?

yep, it warps, quite noticeably, and mine are on the top of the tank, more square pieces, not 48" continuous and not right up against the lamps, mine are maybe 2" away and they warp pretty badly

i am actually thinking twice about this thinking i may go glass for the tops, although it doesn't have the same refractive index as acrylic (which is almost identical to saltwater), it wont expand, warp, etc.....

Weight would be a bigger factor though.

As for me, I already had the plexiglass so it was a no-brainer to try it and see.

It's actually plexi glass (not sure if that makes a difference or not). If it warps I'm giving up on the splash guard all together though. I've already got the light like like 6" away from the water so I think the splashing and evap will be minimal anyways.

any warps yet WhiteShark?

Nope...pm'ed you with more info though...

i am talking about using tank tops, not a light fixture attached shield

Could you link the 8 bulb one and is this still going on? If this has been answered before, sorry, I didn't read through all the pages.

I believe the the 8 bulb are long gone

yep, they were gone when it was still 2008

yea the 24" and the 48" 8 bulb are sold out only the 48" and 4bulb are left on the site

I must have missed out on this deal. I don't see the 24" 4 bulb on the website anymore.

how hard would it be to add a second cord and switch to the lights. So I can avoid startling the tanks inhabitants by having all four bulbs come on at once.

I think it was done earlier in this thread.

On a side note: I ordered two of these fixtures, and they called saying they only had one left.
Luckily I found an unused one later that week for sale.

yup the extra one I bought it will be going out monday UPS has been slackin not picking up so I am gon to figure some other method of shipping.

Just one person that added a cord to a two switch two ballast 8 light.

Is there a way to do this to a 4 bulb sigle switch single ballast?

a switch was added to the 8 bulb fixture the 4 bulb fixture only have 1 ballast so it won't work

How are these holding up for everyone? Still have my 2 24" units BNIB in my garage,

Mine are doing great. Just replaced the bulbs with ones from hellolights.com as well.

Love mine!

Yea I am actually a little torn because it doesn't look like I am going to get to use mine at all now. I was planning a 24x24x24 cube, but the fiance likes the idea of a 36x36x27, so I am not going to argue!

Just picked up a 48" 8 bulb last night BNIB and just got done adding the 2nd cord and gonna fab up some legs later today.

Just whipped my 2 back out the box and the hanging kits. These lights are AWESOME. Look just like a Tek fixture to me. I am trying to decide whether or not to sell mine or keep them. If I decided to do the 30x30x20 cube 2 of these lights would be the perfect lighting.

Way to resurrect an old thread!
This light is what got me started on T5HO and what got that T5HO Information thread started as well.
I've used both this light and a TEK light over my tank, and I have to say that I really think this light is just as good as a TEK.
I say hang on to these and use them, they're great little lights.

So I picked up a new light a couple of days ago. Good part was it was a screaming deal, bad part was it has two switches and one plug and no splash guards. I went to Tap plastics and had some splash guards cut and will be installing those next week with some magnets more on that later. Well here are the pics and what I've done to the light so far. It's an 8 bulb T5 and looks just like a Tek light, my brother is fabricating me some legs instead of me having to pay $70 for the Tek ones.

Back side

gutted and ready to install the second plug

Two switches one plug

Nice clean hole with a reamer

Insert gromit

Insert and wire

Now I can run a dawn and dusk affect on timers. I'll post pics of the legs when my brother finishes them.

6 and 2 or 3 and 5? Or does it have to be 4 and 4?

It's the 4 center and then the outside 2 and 2