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06-21-2006, 08:53 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 20
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Looks Very Nice  _________ Tank Specs:
55 Gallon Mixed Reef
48" Tek Light: 4-54W T5 HO Fluorescents
Bulbs:
1x 54W Blue Plus T5 HO Fluorescent, 1x54w Super Actinic Blue 03 T5 HO Flourescent
1x 54W 12000K Aquablue Special T5 HO Fluorescent, 1x 54w 10000k AquaSun T5 HO Fluorescent
100 lbs Fiji Live Rock
65 lbs Live sand
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06-21-2006, 10:57 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: St. Paul/Woodbury, Minnesota Age: 49
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Looks great. Do the PC bulbs have a glass or plastic cover over them? I think I going to give it a try and buy a fixture. Thanks for the review. _________ 75g reef with Nova Extreme 8 bulb HO T-5 lighting, refuge, Remora skimmer, DSB, Seio powerheads, Acro's, LPS corals, assorted zoo's & mushrooms, Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown, Blue Cleaner Goby , Cleaner, Fire and Sexy Shrimp, Coco Worm, T.Crocea Clam, Derasa Clam
120g FOWLR, 260w Orbit power compact lights, Remora Pro skimmer, 30g DIY Sump/Refuge, DSB,Seio Power heads, Powder Blue Tang, Purple Tang, Flag Fin Angel, False Eye Puffer, Copperbanded Butterfly and a Moorish Idol  | |
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06-22-2006, 02:27 AM
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| | Bristle Worm
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: the valley, CA Age: 23
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this seems like a pretty slick fixture, very impressive looking brandon. please keep us informed on the unit as a whole. does it have fans in the fixture and ballast? i think it is probably cheep b/c the damn ballst is huge rather than compact and utilizes pc rather than t5 for fluorescents. i think it is cool though and am currently in the market for a new lighting setup please keep us in the know. 
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50 gallon reef tank. coralife 36 in 96w 10,000 k/96w actinic/ lunar lights, 40lr, 4inches ls, RemoraAquaC skimmer, closed loop flow, refugium, oscellaris clown, bluegreen reef chromis, green mandarin,turbo snails/reef crabs, sand sifting stars, corals: blue striped mushrooms, toadstool mushroom,yellowgreen cup, purple gorgonian, greenblue pipe organ, favites brain, torch, frogspawn, sebae anemone.
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06-22-2006, 03:31 PM
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| | Bubble Tip Anemone
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Denver, Colorado Age: 24
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The ballast doesn't seem to have a fan, but the fixture has 2. Man today that ballast is hot! I admit I don't like that. But the rest is so far so good, and I haven't seen my corals recoil from the more intense lighting. I was planning on acclimating them but they seem to be lovin every minute of it! Go figure. Also I have been keeping an eye on the temp all day, and everything is staying normal. Actually its a little cooler believe it or not, around 80. The fixture is a good 6" off the tank and I bought another power head to aim at the surface so I would get a better shimmer. I think that is helping to evaporate it more, too. Here is a slightly better pic of the tank today. Still looks bluer than it is, and really doesn't do the tank much justice. It is so awesome now! The second pic are my newest additions. I ended up removing the GSM Clown because he was buggin my corals no matter what I did. So hopefully these 2 will stay out of trouble. They're so cute! _________ 125 Gal Reef. Born March 2002 FISH: Ocellaris Clown, Yellow Tang, Fairy Wrasse, Sand Star, Fuzzy Dwarf Lion, Mandarin Dragonette, Hippo Tang CORALS: Green Striped/Red/Purple Mushrooms, Green Star Polyps, Yellow Toadstool Leather, Bubble, Frogspawn, 2 Hammers, Yellow Polyps, Open Brain, Ridge Leather, Various Zoas, Button Polyps, Kenya Tree, Colt, Elephant Ear Mushroom, Clove Polyps, Torch, Purple Clam, Rose BTA  | |
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06-22-2006, 05:15 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 18
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Brandon,
Thanks for the update on Jebo lights. I have been looking at the 72" setup for awhile and have been tenative after a few negative remarks about Jebo. The pics look good and and I bet you feel great having found a reasonably priced reef light setup. | |
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06-22-2006, 07:37 PM
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#16 (permalink)
| | Bubble Tip Anemone
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Denver, Colorado Age: 24
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Absolutely! I am so happy after 4 years I FINALLY have metal halides! Now I can keep anything I want, goniopora here I come (one of my favs)! And more clams, too. I do have one more complaint about the fixture, but it's my own personal preference and nothing necessarily wrong. The reflectors on the halides are hammered. I wish they were smooth, because I believe that would reflect light better. That shouldn't be too hard to fix though. Other then that I believe Odyssea is proving to be decent, seeing as this is my 3rd product by them. I should become the poster boy for their company! LOL, j/k.  | |
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06-23-2006, 02:37 AM
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#17 (permalink)
| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 43
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One thing to be aware of during the whole excitement of the new lighting thing... You need to acclimate your corals to the new lighting intensity-start off by raising up the light fixture or lower your corals in the tank and shorten the duration they are on and gradually increase the lighting duration over a few weeks. I know first hand that if this isn't done properly, corals will bleach and eventually parrish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Enjoy the lights and your tank _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well> 
"IF THE PHONE DOESN'T RING...IT'S ME"  jb  | |
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06-25-2006, 04:29 PM
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#18 (permalink)
| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: May 2006 Location: Buffalo, NY
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Brandon were did you end up buying the light? I have been looking on ebay and don't see them anymore. They do have the one with a single MH but I have a cross bar that will block it. ANyways thanks for the reply, and the feedback. Nice pics.
rj _________ 65gal
50 # live rock ( 20# fiji, 30# branch fiji) - with some Brittle stars in it, unknown what kind yet.
4" Aragamax sand
350 penguin bio-wheel filter
2 - maxi-jet 600
2 - Percula Clowns
1- Yellow Tang
1- Scooter Blenny
2 - Turbo Snail
1 - Queen Conch
5- Scarlet hermits
10 - Blue leg hermits My tank | |
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06-26-2006, 03:48 AM
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#19 (permalink)
| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: IL Age: 34
Posts: 341
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rjweng, here is a great site with all Jebo/Odyssea product Jebo lights
I personally like the 712watt 48" unit but having a 90gal with a center support i am doomed from the start. | |
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06-26-2006, 08:27 AM
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#20 (permalink)
| | Bubble Tip Anemone
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Denver, Colorado Age: 24
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Yep thats exactly where I bought mine. It was like $20 cheaper a couple weeks ago then it is now. But if you can't find it on ebay it's probably cheaper on aquatraders because they charge less for shipping. And they packaged mine really well, so I couldn't say how an ebayer would package theirs. Wouldn't want to recieve any broken bulbs now. | |
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