Good and Reliable Lightset for 1ft tank

[Savant]

Hi all,

I am getting quite sick of all my cheapo made in China PL lightsets dying on me after a few months. Can anyone introduce me to a more reliable (and at the same time nice looking) brand/model of 1ft lightsets?

I would prefer those that are supported over the tank than the clip on varieties.

Thanks

[illumnae]

Dymax 13W lightset is good. it's available at NA and Seaview for sure, not sure where else. i find it looks sleek (at least the black one does to me)

[Savant]

Thanks bro,

Will keep a look out for that... Any other suggestions?

[torque6]

AQ forums has alot of people who had used china made PL lights and the general advise were to stay away from them

I am waiting for GEX curalight 15w, just saw the product newly listed on their website, hopefully it finds its way onto our shores so i can use it with my genoah

[Jaws]

Dymax good but I dun see anymore 1ft Dymax at Seaview. Lucky I got spare set.

[torque6]

I have gone to KS today and they showed me a aluminium finished 1FT PL lights 11w, its adjustable to any length of the tank as long as it doesnt exceeds 30cm. The 2 mounting stands secures nicely on the back of the tank and has 3 adjustable joints, talk about customised . Quite tempted to buy as it less than $30, but Im waiting for the gex new 15W lights to go with my genoah.

[uklau]

OceanFree has a 18W 1 feet lighting set (2 x 9W PL). I feel that this is more robust than Dymax. No big adapter like Dymax models.

[torque6]

Thats the thing, they dont have 1 tube of 18w for nano tanks, mostly its split 9w x2 . I am currently waiting for curalight, the GEX series hand on lights 15w to replace my 12w for the genoah series tanks.

[illumnae]

i'm using an 18W set over my 1ft cube. however, the actual length of the lightset is 36cm, so i have 6 cm sticking out slightly. overall, it doesn't look bad though. this set is available from NA.

i suspect no single tube 18w lightset is available for tanks 1ft and below because the length of the PL light + the space needed for the ballast is probably > 30cm

[torque6]

i'm using an 18W set over my 1ft cube. however, the actual length of the lightset is 36cm, so i have 6 cm sticking out slightly. overall, it doesn't look bad though. this set is available from NA.

i suspect no single tube 18w lightset is available for tanks 1ft and below because the length of the PL light + the space needed for the ballast is probably > 30cm

ya, thats why small tank are niche, very difficult to find perfect stuff unless you want to fork out 450 for the ada solaris.

[torque6]

Magic,

Its called solar

http://www.adgshop.com/Lighting_System_s/4.htm

[torque6]

Like most of them who did mentioned dymax/ocean free or the one i saw at KS, dazs should do fine. Btw dazs is only 11w.

[catohcat]

I got the ocean free 18w @ NA. A bit more than 2 red notes

[torque6]

I just called OTF, seems the new curalight from gex 15w are still not in. sigh.... looks like its is a long wait.

[johannes]

i used many Boyu lightsets (about 10 sets) and they did not give problems to me at all...

[Aquaculture]

Used to have the Dymax one from NA. Cheap and good. Find the design appealing too.

[WaterH2O]

I am using a brand called Odyssea illummax PL 24x1 Compact PL on my 1 feet low tank. So far no problem with it but most likely made in China though it was not indicated anywhere on the packaging. Got it from colourful at $35.

[torque6]

NA has a display on the dymax, looks slick, but the latch on are abit too big for my liking.

[Savant]

Oh i like those ADA ones

[torque6]

Savant, there is another thread on Haiyang lights for 1FT, i believe i may have come across them during my visit to seragoon petmart/rainbow, its on display on their tanks. Might want to give them a call first, if you are heading down.