Looking for lights

[justin_cutri]

Got my little 30 gallon all up and running thanks to my bro. So far I have a few good chunks of live rock a nice sized pulsing xenia and a little pompom xenia (I think), and 2 little damsels. At the moment I only have a little 20w bulb over it and I'm getting dying to make my tank glow.

If anyone has any used lights/canopies or advice as to what I should put over it please let me know. I am currently stalking an Ebay post...

Sundial T5HO

Lighting System "“ Total Control

Individually contoured reflectors for maximum light intensity
Dual integrated timers and automatic photocell for dawn/dusk and lunar lighting control
Cool running, performance-driven electronic ballasts
Rear-mounted fans designed for standard aquarium canopy installations
Dimensions: 30.125" x 9.5" x 3.75"
6 Bulbs in total, and 96 Watts. 2 (10,000k day), 2 (460 Actinic), and 2 LED's for Lunar light with actinic optional covers.
9 months old.
Oh and it looks sick...

Hoping to score it for $150 or less any opinions?

 

[AMAYEU]

Isn't this a 4x24watt fixture? Are all 6 bulbs stock current-usa? If so, I would value the fixture at around $100 b/c you will have to bulb new and better bulbs?

If you are set on t5's, there are other options as ATI and Tek fixtures. Or do a retrofit kit, with high end reflectors and nice bulbs.

PM'ed you a good reef hardware classified thread for nano's to also check out.

Mike

 

[santarosasalt]

I had that same fixture on my 29 gallon. I changed out the stock bulbs with wavepoint bulbs. The fixture worked great and I even had some sps towards the top of the tank. Hth

 

[justin_cutri]

Thanks for the link Mike some nice stuff there. This is my first setup so I'm not really sure what I want for lighting. Thinking halide is a bit much especially for a starter tank, so T5 and maybe some leds should work nice. Looked up some of the ATI and Tek fixtures, really nice stuff but the cheapest 4x24 I could find was a Teklite for $225 no bulbs or mounting hardware. I did see a post earlier here about someone using 2 led spotlights with some home depot fixtures that looked pretty cost effective.

I'll see if I can get that fixture for <$100 and put some nice bulbs in it