Lighting questions.

by **jweb** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:04 am

Okay so here is my dilemma...

The lights for my coralife setup cost $51.99 each and it takes 2. They are 96 watts a piece making 192 watts total. They are on sale right now for $39.99 and for 2 of them with shipping it is $91.97.

Or...

This ( http://cgi.ebay.com/36%22-3ft-Odyssea-T ... dZViewItem ), which is a little bit more with shipping, but comes with lights and T5 is said to be better, correct? Also I didn't previously want to get one of these cheaper T5 setups because I couldn't find one that had different chords for each light, but this one remarkably does! So I can time each individual type of light.

What do you think I should do?

by **jweb** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:40 am

Someone on another forum said they upgraded their odyssea light with individual reflectors and it made them way better.

http://www.premiumaquatics.com/Merchant ... SunlightT5

by **fihsboy** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:48 am

what happens is your going to have to upgrade the reflectors and the bulbs......those bulbs are poo. your going to end up paying what you would have for a Current T5 fixture

by **jweb** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 8:09 pm

Yea, but in the long run aren't the T-5's cheaper anyways? You don't have to replace them as much, they are less expensive than the coralife PC's. What would you do out of the two options I have? Buy the replacement bulbs for the coralife light for $100 or buy the new T-5 setup?

by **fihsboy** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 12:50 am

I would buy one T5 retro from hellolights. run two quality bulbs with great reflectors..then two or three months grab another pair. :) stagger your light bulb life. :)

Lighting questions.

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