Marc Weiss' Moonshine Moon Light

Matt Rogers · 10-04-2003, 08:09 PM

Lot more people using 'moon lights' this days on their reef tanks. Here is a new one from Marc Weiss - The 'Moonshine.'

It uses a 1 WATT!!!! 'hybrid phosphor light source' that puts out blue-actinic in the 470-480 range. *

Anyone got one?

Yikes · 10-07-2003, 01:25 PM

i would like to get one! can you provide a link?

Matt Rogers · 10-07-2003, 08:32 PM

Sure, here you go:

http://www.marcweissco.com

BUt, it's not even on the site yet. There's some contact info though. If you find anything out about it, keep us posted!

Hey, thanks for becoming a member here by the way.

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inwall75 · 10-23-2003, 01:22 PM

I bought one of these at the IMAC conference this spring. It is a single point of light like a MH lamp so you get glitter lines in the tank. Pretty cool.

Matt Rogers · 10-23-2003, 01:25 PM

Cool. How much was it?

inwall75 · 10-30-2003, 01:38 PM

I'm guessing $70. I know that is a lot for a moonlight but those darn glitter-lines had me hooked.

PS---I had a hitchhiker stone crab in my tank that I tried EVERY KNOWN METHOD of removing short of dismantling all of my LR. He would come out only at night and KILL, KILL, KILL. When I added the moonlight, I didn't have anymore livestock losses. He stayed in the rockwork. He has luckily gone to crab hell now. One night I heard the shootout at the O.K. Corral in my tank. Either Butch Cassidy (pistol shrimp) killed him or he just died on his own. I don't know because I have never seen the carcass.

inwall75 · 10-30-2003, 01:42 PM

PS----I think only this company is selling it now
http://www.customaquatic.com/customa...amp;brandID=MW

reefguy · 10-30-2003, 01:59 PM

I've had a couple of these for about 6 months on one of my tanks. I bought them when they first came out and overall I've been really pleased with the effects. They definitely make night viewing very enjoyable. They are rather expensive though ($70) and I have noticed some difference in the color between the two lights. I have them on my 55 and two is plenty. I wanted to put them on my larger tank, but didn't want to pay that much for them so I built them. I used this great DIY plan that worked perfectly:

DIY Moonlight

11-19-2003, 08:34 AM

Just bought a moon light on Ebay myself. Not this unit though... It is from a company named "Pacific Marine". They sell different units. The one I settled on has 4 blue LED lamps (about 1 watt as well). The lights are on flexible wires so you can osition them above or I guess beside the tank. Very, very nice unit. Also creates light beams or can be reflected off the top of your hood reflector to give a broad light effect... My fish Love it ! When it got dark they used to just hide.. now they swim around... a whole different baahavior.. Check Moon LIghts out on Ebay under pets>fish...

11-19-2003, 08:36 AM

Just bought a moon light on Ebay myself. Not this unit though... It is from a company named "Pacific Marine". They sell different units. The one I settled on has 4 blue LED lamps (about 1 watt as well). The lights are on flexible wires so you can osition them above or I guess beside the tank. Very, very nice unit. Also creates light beams or can be reflected off the top of your hood reflector to give a broad light effect... My fish Love it ! When it got dark they used to just hide.. now they swim around... a whole different baahavior.. Check Moon LIghts out on Ebay under pets>fish... By the way, the unit cost me 34 dollars plus shipping...