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01-05-2010, 08:00 PM
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I purchased the 72" outer orbit (no T5s but has supplemental actinics) about 4 months ago. The fixture IMO is great. The only real beef i had was the HQI bulbs it came with were a little to yellow for me (fixed that by switching to phoenix 14000k bulbs).
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01-05-2010, 09:28 PM
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I was actually looking at the 60 inch model. Almost bought it on boxing day online mainly becuase of the T5 and ballasts, I wanted electronic on the MH... Mosts sites state this as electronic, but after visiting the manufacturer website they plainly stated magnetic... So I am just keeping my Coralife fixture, it works great for me.
The only real beef I can see when I was looking at it is the moonlights, they are too dim. My Coralife has 3X1Watt LEDS and are incredible, most are only .5 to 3/4 watts. Otherwise it does look like a good unit.
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 Setup: 180G DT, 105G Refuge (approx. 300lbs LR, 150lbs Aragonite) Hardware: Super Reef Octopus SSS-3000, Tunze ATO, Mag 18 return, 2x MP40W, 2X Koralia 4's Wavemaker Lighting: 5ft Hamilton Belize Sun (2x250W MH, 2X80W T5HO) Type of Aquarium: mixed reef (SPS & LPS) with fish Dosing: Mg, Ca, Alk
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01-05-2010, 10:05 PM
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For moonlights, 1 watt is definitely the way to go. 3/4 w or less is dim & almost useless IMO for proper viewing at night.
Anthony
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