48" Sunlight Supply TEK Light (8 x 54W T5) -CALGARY (SOLD)
 

Bulbs (Giesmann) are between 5 and 6 months old. I don't have the legs.

Nice light. Good working order.

$300

Pick up only.

PM's replied to.

how often do you reccomend changing bulbs?

Manufacturer specs the bulbs for 4500 hrs. At 8 hrs/day, that's 562 days. Personally, I like to swap them at no more than 1 year.

Jeez...
I find my stuff looking light starved after 6 months with this fixture.
I think some active cooling woulkd make a huge difference in this.

I ran a 6 bulb for a while, the 8 bulb not only puts out more par, but your ability to dial in the colour you like is just not doable in halides or for under 1 million dollars going the led route.

The advantage to the 8 bulb units is that you can fine tune your colours. However, if, for example, you have just ONE Fiji Purple bulb and it starts to go off, you're really going to notice it.

Of course it also really depends on what you have in your tank. I've got SPS that was thriving under 14 month old bulbs. Go figure !

Bulbs most of the time last 6 to 8 months for the best results.

If your ever interested in LEDs let me know I'm have some made for me here in Edmonton from a manufacture and at a price that was awesome if you like to know more about them pm me and I could send you some specks on them and yes there going to retail some time over the winter.

whats the total width on this unit?

48"