New lighting system with PICTURES....and my 2 new clams!

[justin-branam]

A few people had told me this lighting system was a good working system. i figured id give it a try for the price. the only downfall i have heard about, is somewhat lower quality MH bulbs, but these can easily be replaced. I was thinking about replacing them with 14K's anyways.
specs are:

two 175W double ended HQI 20000K & four 21W T5 fluorescent bulb actinic blue ( <---thats a lot of blue for my taste)

Fixture Size: 47"L x 11.5"W x 3.5"H

Odyssea metal halide system comes with non corrosive powder coated housing, built-in cooling fans, dual on/off switches on external ballast controlling HQI and T5 fluorescent separately, tempered glass splash guard, hanging kit and mounting brackets included.

http://www.aquatraders.com/ProductImages/lighting/metal%20halide/ODY48MH.gif

Here are pics of the new lighting system i ordered. the first pic is the system by itself, and the second is with my 2 65w power compacts added. the last two of course are my new baby clams i got from jamesw.

the system is perfect for what i wanted. the lights are supposed to be 20,000K but im thinking they are actually 10,000K because they are very white. i was going to replace them but now i think ill keep them. so far today i think it is a great system for a great price.

any locals are welcome to come check it out, just pm me (im in the willowbrook area of houston)

New system only

http://www.justinunderwater.com/gallery/albums/myaquarium/newlight.jpg

New system w/ Power Compacts

http://www.justinunderwater.com/gallery/albums/myaquarium/newlight2.jpg

1st new clam

http://www.justinunderwater.com/gallery/albums/myaquarium/2ndgiantclam2.sized.jpg

2nd new clam

http://www.justinunderwater.com/gallery/albums/myaquarium/2ndgiantclam.sized.jpg

[::pete::]

Looks good!!! Happy with it?

[justin-branam]

Looks good!!! Happy with it?

did you read? just kidding.


so far today i think it is a great system for a great price.

[::pete::]

Not every word I skimped ... :D

So are you happy?

[mathias]

and price ?

[alexwolf]

yeah, how much?

[::pete::]

http://www.aquatraders.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=15

[jlam]

I dont know how much the shipping is on that but you probably come out about the same if you went to www.superfishstore.com they have the same setup for 379.95 and you could just pick it up local if you lived near austin/round rock.

But it looks good

[Thunderkat]

That size for a 55 gallon aquarium?

[justin-branam]

I dont know how much the shipping is on that but you probably come out about the same if you went to www.superfishstore.com they have the same setup for 379.95 and you could just pick it up local if you lived near austin/round rock.

But it looks good

i live in houston and i actually paid a grand total of $375 and some change. no tax so i saved almost $30 buying online. it got to me in 2 days also. thanks for the heads up though.

[justin-branam]

That size for a 55 gallon aquarium?

its on a 75 gallon.