KansasCoral-Nu-B Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...&category=46314 I realize this should prob be in the lighting section but i needed a quick answer and this seems to be the place. so what do you think for a 10g?? Link to comment
1fish2fish Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 THis fixture has been posted on here before. A few people have bought them, but have yet to share the results. The fixture itself is pretty big. You can get the same fixture for less at Home Depot (especially since you don't have to pay shipping). This add is very misleading and is actually false advertising in the manner that they present it. It is impossible to have a light using 65 watts have 500 watts output. If anything it will have less than 65 watts output after ballast losses etc. What it should read is that it gives off x number of lumens, which is equivalent to the number of lumens given off by an x watt MH or compact flourescent. Based on the manner in which this individual has presented his adverstising I would opt to find another source for this fixture if you decide to use it. Don't support this sort of misadvertising in the industry. I would also tell you to look at his Ebay reviews. He has a high rateing of 98% good rports, but if you look through the comments there are alot of repeat posts and by this I mean the same person posting 8 times in a row on the same day. Can you say something smells fishy? He also states that he uses them on his reef tank and is very pleased withthe results, but if you look at the picture of his reef tank it isn't exactly a thriveing community. On another thread I linked a horticulture thread where they couldn't get seedlings to grow at a distance of 10 inches using this fixture. I'm not sure if that tells you anything. Link to comment
KansasCoral-Nu-B Posted March 23, 2004 Author Share Posted March 23, 2004 thanks.. what about mercury vapor? just the wrong color temp? i imagine the same goes for halogen Link to comment
matt the fiddler Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 yup i know for sure halogen causes bad algaes and all evil animals to spawn and take over your tank... =Þ well, mabye just the first... Link to comment
KansasCoral-Nu-B Posted March 23, 2004 Author Share Posted March 23, 2004 thats a shame. halogens are cheap Link to comment
matt the fiddler Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 Cheap and reef can not coexist in teh same sentence. wait a sec.... Link to comment
mattie Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 mercury vapor is used for growing hydroponics indoors no good for a reef tank wrong color spectrum as you guessed Link to comment
mattie Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 oh wait i have seen that before it's not worth it totally misleading its a 65 compact that is as effiecent as 550 incadesent bulbs as light output. but not as effiecent as 550watts of pc or mh or anything close i ahve those types of bulbs all over house to try and save electricty save your money and get something good Link to comment
Korbin Posted March 29, 2004 Share Posted March 29, 2004 Yeah, I bought one of those bulbs from Home Depot for my 'fuge. Anyway, I hooked it up, and the thing was about as bright as my 13 watt PC. Link to comment
tripple6terror Posted March 29, 2004 Share Posted March 29, 2004 i have one of the florex fixtures and for the 25 bucks i paid for it ...you really cant beat it .....its super bright and the color isnt so bad .... i think it would be fine for a ten gal...i would get it from someone else tho.......just my 2 Link to comment
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