Awsome T5 Pendants By Fauna Marin
 

We are pleased to provide the first details and pictures of the NEW Fauna Marin T5 Pendants

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These will be available in the following

24 -39-54-80wattage

Bulb configuration - 4-10 tubes per unit

Reflectors - single reflector per tube

Available in dimmable and Non dimmable

Interface with GHL ProfiLux aqautic controllers

Active cooling, no more worries about having external cooling fans, the inbuilt fans will react to the lamp temperature and adjust the fan speed accordingly.

Prices to follow as well as detailed sizes.

Expected release date - January 2009.

Please let me know what the price would be on a 6 and 8 lamp 24" fixture. Also, will there be optional tank brackets available?

More than a year ago Claude told me they were having problems making 24" fixtures and getting approval for sale in Canada. Will these be UL or CSA approved?

All sizes will be available

The units come with approved UL ballasts and electonic components, but in the future we are going further than any other manufacturer and having the Fixtures TUV approved, but as you are most likely aware this is a VERY long process, but we believe important and hopefully in doing so convince other manufacturers of the importance of recognised safety standards.

At present I am personally not aware of one manufacturer going this far. I am proud to want to change this.

Wall brackets - once launched we will look at other accessories that are required.

I posted on RC asking what the expected turn around time is going to be once one of these is ordered. I see on RC you posted that they are completely custom - while this sounds great in theory it will most certainly lead to some rather delayed orders. Consumers aren't interested in waiting months for their product and ReefGeek has recognized this as being the single biggest problem with crushing their sales of ATI Powermoduls - hence the reason Greg at ReefGeek has gone to making his own T5 fixtures.

You have two options

Standard
and
Custom

If you want a specific colour then just like anything custom yes there will be a wait

BUT the STANDARD full range will always be available.

Custom only applies if you want something different from the marketed range such as glary pink :mrgreen:

They are some nice looking T5 systems, I may have to look into changing my Tek lighting system to a 6 bulb unit. One concern however would be the delay time. Any speculation on pricing yet?

You work quick, already answered my question about delay time, even before I finished writing it.

Pricing this week, i should receive it tomorrow

NON dimmable will be available very soon sorry can not give exact date.

Dimmable - This will come on schedule in january.

GHL interface - 6 weeks

Fast worker ;)

You're answering my questions here and on RC at the same time! Well done!

So who in Canada is going to sell these? And will that retailer/those retailers actually stock them or will they simply place orders as customers request them making the turn around time several months as they are shipped from Germany and then have to clear Customs?