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Originally Posted by Naja002
Honest Question: What is the Quality of that catalina light and/or their stuff in general?
I always thought catalina was low quality like jebo stuff. Was I wrong or have they come up, or what's the deal....?
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Naja,
I have no personal experience with the Catalina fixtures, but have just researched the various T5 options for my 75g (incidentally, I'll need to buy a new 20# co2 tank too, thanks to you
).
Short story from my research: not as good as Teks...but better than Nova Extreme (due to individual parabolic reflectors) probably on par with the Nova "Pro" fixtures. Teks are nice, but crazy-expensive, and no bulbs included..."are you serious?" in my best Jim Rome voice...
Also, Catalinas have Workhorse ballasts, a plus in my book. The actual extruded aluminum exterior housing looks JUST LIKE the Coralife exteriors for their Aqualight PC fixtures. This is a plus for me, since I already have the legs.
Also, Catalina will put in the bulbs of your choice if you call, so no need to spend extra on bulbs. I'm going with the standard 10000k and having them swap out the actinics for 6700k.
Oh, and I've never heard of one catching fire - so, no Jebo here.
I'm ordering one tomorrow. I'll post a mini-review when I get it.
Further reading:
http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/lighting/62154-48-4x54w-solar-t5-hood-149-a.html"]here.