Which light unit do you use?

[Woodyofcastle]

i have not seen this poll either (i like doing these polls, lol)

Which light unit do you use?
and if you can say what made you use that type, i.e. cost, good make, ect ect ect

[KeithM]

Giesemann Infinity
- First class build quality
- Probably the best looking unit on the market which is important as the lighting unit is not hidden on my tank
- Good design: T5s are angled into the tank

[Woodyofcastle]

Giesemann Infinity
- First class build quality
- Probably the best looking unit on the market which is important as the lighting unit is not hidden on my tank
- Good design: T5s are angled into the tank

Good discription

[Lucy]

Aquamedic Oceanlight 150+ Wouldn't buy another one though.

At 18 months old the t5 ballast packed in. LFS who sold it to me got in touch with the rep who said he would sort it, but despite constant calls he has failed to do so - says they are out of stock of t5 balasts. Yeah right - so they're not making any new lights at the moment then?

Two Ocean Runner pumps have also packed up at around the same time, so it seem like maybe Aquamedic don't make their stuff to last. I won't be buying any more of it that's for sure.

[proplus888]

Haqos (or however you spell it) clamp on 150w MH.

[Lost Boys]

2 x 400 watt Lumenarcs and 1 x 54 watt KZ Figi purple and 1 x 54 watt D&D actinic unit over the tank and a Giesmann moonlight over the sump and frag holding area with 2x 250 watt and 2 x 54 watt bulbs.

:)

[ANDREW 30]

Lumenarc III reflectors the best reflectors on the market!

Slightly ugly/modern :confused:

[hihat]

I use a couple of STM compact 250w although I have upgraded the ballasts to Marine Lux electronics:) . Also run a 4' STM T5 unit with actinics.

All lamps/bulbs are Marine Lux

[masha]

Aquamedic Electronic ballast aquasunlight SG with moonlight LED's with 3 250w and 4 T5 Blues

[Woodyofcastle]

Haqos (or however you spell it) clamp on 150w MH.

Hi,

your light is it a haiyang, does it have a fan built on it

[Woodyofcastle]

Aquamedic Electronic ballast aquasunlight SG with moonlight LED's with 3 250w and 4 T5 Blues

omg masha, i bet your electric meter nearly spins off when you switch that on lol

[reefkeeper_2006]

I use the aqua medic oceonlight 150w halide
Arcadia T5 power compact for lighting the sump 24/7
And an unkown twin T8 for the actinics

Paul.......

[simon garratt]

none of the above...:D

mines all made from seperates...

but basically..

2 x 400W in twin parabolic hydroponic diamond reflectors, plus 4 x 54w actinics in Diy light rails.

plus another 2 x 150W spots to be added shortly..

regards

Si.

[techieman]

My lights came with the D+D 24 gal. nano.Only set up at christmas,so time will tell.Don't like not being able to put sep.timers on daylight and moonlights.without stripping/modding the hood etc.Surely there is a way of putting an in line shunt to a timer for the moonlights.Steve.

[Something Fishy]

Geisemann Infiniti - 2x 250watt 'Coral' + 2x 'daylight'+ 2x Actinic. As for the reason why ? Wot keith_Man said. :thumbsup:

[Manta]

I'm on my second set of Giesemann's - agree, the build quality is superb, but as for reflector design, ain't that great from test comparisons I've seen, not even close to lumenarcs. Best of both worlds is Sfiligois XR4, lumenarc style reflector without the cowshed looks.

[ptdborth]

Arcadia Luminaires and Interpet PC t5s - Suprised they're not in the list (the PCs)

[Daveyboy34]

I have Aquamedic 2 x 150W with a 42" T5 Act Blue running under a length of Black Acrylic along the front of my Per120
Voted AM

[Stephen G]

im not exzactly sure wat mine are

[blub]

Arcadia 150W metal halide pendant. I chose this one over the Aquamedic oceanlight because its got a far better focus on the tank, as the oceanlight spills out all over the place!

blub ;)

[Fungia]

Arcadia 250W 3 Series, I wanted to upgrade from a 150W halide and Keith Man was willing to deliver. :)


Jeff.

[wolfman]

arcadia series 3... it looks great in the living and is well made and never gone wrong

[Powertone]

arcadia series 3 250w with actinics

[Metalhead]

Silver sun twin 250w with 2 54w t5's and built in led moonlights x2 i have to say im very happy with this, in an ideal world it would have been a giessemann unit but the lack of available cash pointed me towards these from ebay, pleasantly surprised though.:)

[the tank]

arcadia luminaire

[mlpotter]

bowini twin 150w halide here!

bought cheap second hand with the t5's not working which i repaired!

[bluesea]

KR 91 LED unit great unit so far

[ktnch]

home made 8 x 54w t5 jobby

[Richard&Ariane@DeepBlue]

Arcadia & Reef Beam UK for us!


... and D&D hmmm who to vote for. :laugh:

[vikky~scott]

The light is only as good as its ballasts and bulbs.I run coralvue ballasts,with 2x250 10k blv halide bulbs,1x54w kz fiji purple,1x54w kz coral lite,1 set of blue and white duo aquarays,1 duo set all blue aquarays

[mrmantis]

Custom built
3 x 39 watt T5 Orsam twin ballasts

Tubes
2 x KZ New generation
2 x KZ coral light
1 x orsam blue
1 x marine glow (soon to be replace with KZ figi purple)
1 x led moonlight (now hidden in the light unit)


http://www.ultimatereef.net/forums/../uploader/2010Q3/New%20Light_1.jpg

[Sherminator]

None of the above!

Had Blau's before and with the new upgrade using Fauna Marin T5s.

[trout]

None of the above. IceCap/Iwasaki Metal Halide Pendant Kit (150W PAR36 20000K bulb). The bulb is driven by Vossloh-Schwabe electronic ballast.

T

[jlow]

ATI Sunpower T5. 6 X 39 w

[dj egress]

i use ati sun power but cant see it on there
unless they are made by someone else