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I just purchased a 48" 400W Spectra for my soon to be upgrade to a 4x2x2. I am pretty stoked about it. Anybody have suggestions on their favorite T5 combos and what MH bulbs?
 
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Kinetic said:
Yes it was new. Reach out to the vendor... You mean Giesemann? I've tried, they're in Germany, it's hard to get an email response from them.

I sent a few emails to Xenia Inc with no replies so far. Calling them is hard since I'm working while they're working, and can't make the call until I'm done =(
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No surprise my friend...I've had MANY issue's trying to get giesemann products fixed back awhile and NO HELP whatsever from xenia.
I hope they have smartened up these days for your sake !
 
.. 250 infiniti coming out of storage for a new setup:
 

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Yeah Sorry LOL no spell check at work, plus stupid brain. I also have a Maristar dual 250 DE with 4 T-5's, so maybe I will try your combo with the T-5s but will have to go with Phoenix 14 K's.
Did you buy the light new? I bought a used Infinity 24'' model.
 
moondoggy4 said:
Yeah Sorry LOL no spell check at work, plus stupid brain. I also have a Maristar dual 250 DE with 4 T-5's, so maybe I will try your combo with the T-5s but will have to go with Phoenix 14 K's.
Did you buy the light new? I bought a used Infinity 24'' model.
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If you are running 14k I would only run one purple plus and the rest blue. Yes, I got the fixture from a friend who was getting out.
 
You know what would have made the Spectra even better removing the 4 T-5's and installing 2 VHO's 454 that would have made it the mack daddy.
I have 6 new bulbs to chose from 3 blue +'s 1 Purple + and 1 Coral +.
How long is the light? Have you looked into BML for that Actinic pop?
 
I actually like the option of 4 t5s because of the color options. The fixture is 48" and I actually have a truelumen blue LED strip sitting on top of the tank.
 
No one here wants to sell me there 72" gisesmann or know of anyone looking to get rid of it. I have the 48" spectra and love it. Just bought a new tank and need the 72" one> PLEASE HELP!
 
Anybody know which type of ballast comes on the Infinity 24'' with 4 T-5 I would like to know which type is the MH ballast is it a M81 or something else. The box is square and silver makes some noise when it comes on, it is not electronic.
 
For those of you who run or have run a spectra and lit the tank with both the metal halide and t5s, how high did your spectra sit above the tank?

Thanks!
 
Well got lucky this weekend and PU a 72" SPECTRA with 3 250w SE Radiums. Cleaned, and polished. Currently working on ballast issues. Any recommendations on what ballast would be the best replacement for the original Giesemann combo ballast. Tried Icecap 250w electronic ballast worked fine but fired slow. In addition I tested using the Galaxy 250w/400w fired up quicker and brighter. Used the original Giesemann remote ballast to fire both banks of T5s.
 
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