I was looking at these before I got a good deal from my buddy.
Which light..?
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I will post the info about the lights so you can get more feed back. 
- UL Certificate
- Perfect for indoor or undercover using.
- Textured brown powder coated steel housing never fades.
- Built-in Fulham WORKHORSE® ballast for stable light output effect.
- 5yrs warranty ballast could be maintained by any Fulham distributions.
- 6500K color temperature fluorescent tubes offer the perfect spectrum.
- German aluminum mirror reflector has 95% reflectivity.
- Advanced W-shade design offers excellent reflectivity & diffusion.
- Two ON-OFF switches is convenient to control the intensity of the light(2lamps on if required).
- Louvers make the ballast and light tubes cool and much safer.
- Lower heated T5 light will protect your plants or fishes/aquatic well.
- Can be hanged horizontally or vertically.
- Easy to install and use, plugging into the electric outlet(120 Vac) directly.
- The lumen, lifetime and stability of T5 light is better than those of T8 light.
- Better effect for Coral, Float grass, and Alga to promote better growth than other T5 grow light Panels.
- Can be used to control sprouting in hydroponics.
- More power input for our T5 grow lights is used for your plant chlorophyll production.
- No infrared ray and ultraviolet radiation to destroy your plants.
- More convenient to use our T5 light with the steel hanging cable.
- The best lighting time for plant growing should be 10-14hrs.
- Provides enough "sunlight" to maintain oxygen production by aquatic's photosynthesis for fishes.
- Offers day and night alternation surrounding for indoor fishes.
- No infrared ray and ultraviolet radiation to destroy your aquatic and fishes.
- The quadrate T5 light is perfect to cover the whole aquarium.
- Power Supply: 110V
- Actinic Tubes: 4 tubes
- Power: 4x 54 watts
- Illumination: 4x 5,000Lum (total 20,000Lum)
- Color Temperature: 6500K white
- Hanging Rope Material: Steel
- T5 Tube Length: 45-1/2"
- Dimension: 48" L x 13-1/4" W x 2-1/2" H
- Hanging Rope Vertical Distance: 6" (the top of rope to panel surface)
- Power Cord Length: 7ft
- Recommended Coverage: one panel per 6 square ft
- 1x 4ft T5 Grow Light Panel with Steel Ropes
- 4x 6500K T5 Tubes (installed)
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I will post the info about the lights so you can get more feed back.
Benefits for Plants:
- UL Certificate
- Perfect for indoor or undercover using.
- Textured brown powder coated steel housing never fades.
- Built-in Fulham WORKHORSE® ballast for stable light output effect.
- 5yrs warranty ballast could be maintained by any Fulham distributions.
- 6500K color temperature fluorescent tubes offer the perfect spectrum.
- German aluminum mirror reflector has 95% reflectivity.
- Advanced W-shade design offers excellent reflectivity & diffusion.
- Two ON-OFF switches is convenient to control the intensity of the light(2lamps on if required).
- Louvers make the ballast and light tubes cool and much safer.
- Lower heated T5 light will protect your plants or fishes/aquatic well.
- Can be hanged horizontally or vertically.
- Easy to install and use, plugging into the electric outlet(120 Vac) directly.
- The lumen, lifetime and stability of T5 light is better than those of T8 light.
- Better effect for Coral, Float grass, and Alga to promote better growth than other T5 grow light Panels.
Benefits for Aquarium Fishes:
- Can be used to control sprouting in hydroponics.
- More power input for our T5 grow lights is used for your plant chlorophyll production.
- No infrared ray and ultraviolet radiation to destroy your plants.
- More convenient to use our T5 light with the steel hanging cable.
- The best lighting time for plant growing should be 10-14hrs.
Specifications:
- Provides enough "sunlight" to maintain oxygen production by aquatic's photosynthesis for fishes.
- Offers day and night alternation surrounding for indoor fishes.
- No infrared ray and ultraviolet radiation to destroy your aquatic and fishes.
- The quadrate T5 light is perfect to cover the whole aquarium.
Package Includes:
- Power Supply: 110V
- Actinic Tubes: 4 tubes
- Power: 4x 54 watts
- Illumination: 4x 5,000Lum (total 20,000Lum)
- Color Temperature: 6500K white
- Hanging Rope Material: Steel
- T5 Tube Length: 45-1/2"
- Dimension: 48" L x 13-1/4" W x 2-1/2" H
- Hanging Rope Vertical Distance: 6" (the top of rope to panel surface)
- Power Cord Length: 7ft
- Recommended Coverage: one panel per 6 square ft
- 1x 4ft T5 Grow Light Panel with Steel Ropes
- 4x 6500K T5 Tubes (installed)
Thanks a bunch! Hopefully this will give a comparison!
This light has 2 switches. 2 bulbs each. This is how they turn on... Fixture is 13" wide.
This category struck me as comment worthy,
Benefits for Aquarium Fishes:
If the choice were between the striplight in the catalina link and the one in the link that dempsey gave I'd pick the catalina one. The catalina site itself appears more reputable, the product is described better, there's a clear price and an option to change bulbs. The one on "fish need it" appears home made, the light itself and the website. Poor english there also, if you want my money, at least use my language properly
Benefits for Aquarium Fishes:
- Provides enough "sunlight" to maintain oxygen production by aquatic's photosynthesis for fishes.
- Offers day and night alternation surrounding for indoor fishes.
- No infrared ray and ultraviolet radiation to destroy your aquatic and fishes.
- The quadrate T5 light is perfect to cover the whole aquarium.
If the choice were between the striplight in the catalina link and the one in the link that dempsey gave I'd pick the catalina one. The catalina site itself appears more reputable, the product is described better, there's a clear price and an option to change bulbs. The one on "fish need it" appears home made, the light itself and the website. Poor english there also, if you want my money, at least use my language properly
Not everyone we buy from speaks or types proper English. Even allot of folks on this forum! That really doesn't make me pick one way or the other. Ignore the "bad English" and look at the specs. That's all he is asking for. Just looking for advice.
Just looking for advice.
Specs can be the same in what you can measure, light output, watts used, number of reflectors, number of switches, etc. What isn't listed is the quality of the product and the company behind the product. If there were 2 cars available for the same price, both got 0-60 in 5 sec., 40 mpg, and a 1000watt stereo system, but one was imported from a guy overseas and one was from Chevy, Ford, or even better Mazda
which would you buy? I'm not simply trying to promote Catalina lighting but between the 2 I would purchase their product even if it were a little more expensive. I've never had one of their lights personally but I'm fairly certain their product is of higher quality than the one posted.
I would agree here. The ebay link I looked at was from a seller based in Ohio. He has many positive feedbacks. I'm going to wait on the email back from http://www.plantlightinghydroponics.com/ until I make a final decision. If they don't respond, I'll probably go with the catalina fixture.Specs can be the same in what you can measure, light output, watts used, number of reflectors, number of switches, etc. What isn't listed is the quality of the product and the company behind the product. If there were 2 cars available for the same price, both got 0-60 in 5 sec., 40 mpg, and a 1000watt stereo system, but one was imported from a guy overseas and one was from Chevy, Ford, or even better Mazda
It's good that you're doing your homework, but being based in Ohio doesn't mean you sell quality products, neither does positive feedback on e-bay. Feedback must be left within 30 days I believe, any light should be good for that long They do have a firmer grasp on the english language tho I just Google searched them to look for reviews, 1 good 1 bad. Good luck either way you go man, post tank pics and right a review about which ever light you get, good or bad, now and several years from now
They do have a firmer grasp on the english language tho I just Google searched them to look for reviews, 1 good 1 bad. Good luck either way you go man, post tank pics and right a review about which ever light you get, good or bad, now and several years from now
It's good that you're doing your homework, but being based in Ohio doesn't mean you sell quality products, neither does positive feedback on e-bay. Feedback must be left within 30 days I believe, any light should be good for that long
Will do either way. That light fixture doesn't come with a bulb cover, but it's going to be suspending 6-7" above the tank. We'll see how it goes. If I get it I'll put a review up on here first thing
ADDITION: I just got the email back from a person at the website I posted. Very simple and to the point answer. He answered my question thoroughly and also showed me another light with a splash lens, but it'd be too long to fit in a canopy. 49"
Also, it doesn't have a splash shield on it, but it'd probably be hanging 7-8" above the tank, anyone see this as a problem?
I may put glass tops over it to 1. keep evaporation down, and 2. keep fish from jumping out (had an SAE on a suicide mission, unfortunately.)
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