lighting found on ebay... this look good?

[rubysoho]

I'm going to have a planted 55 [acronym:3cee03f2ab="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:3cee03f2ab] tank, and I was just about to start a [acronym:3cee03f2ab="Do it yourself"]DIY[/acronym:3cee03f2ab] project for lighting, but then I found this. Is this a good deal?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...329940842&rd=1

thanks to everyone who has helped me with my recent flow of questions!!

[joekoug]

If it's not some sort of a scam, it sounds good to me. I just paid $250 for a JBJ 4 X 65 [acronym:1de68d240a="Power compact fluorescent"]PC[/acronym:1de68d240a] which is awesome!! Plants are growing like weeds without co2... I don't have any experiance with this light though, maybe someone else who has used this light can shed some light on the subject (no pun intended).

[acronym:1de68d240a="Hope this helps (or) Happy to help"]HTH[/acronym:1de68d240a]

Joe

[rubysoho]

awesome. thanks for the quick response!

[rubysoho]

just curious, I went back and read everything after skimming through the plant forum, and the two actinin blue bulbs are apparently worthless... if this is true, could I switch out the actinin blue bulbs for two of the "daylight bulbs" ? They seem to be exactly the same type of bulb, just one is blue. So would that work?

[Menagerie]

"Don't pay crazy prices for hi-compacts by direct from the fishman and make your fish smile. "
With a line like that, how could you pass it up!??

just curious, I went back and read everything after skimming through the plant forum, and the two actinin blue bulbs are apparently worthless... if this is true, could I switch out the actinin blue bulbs for two of the "daylight bulbs" ? They seem to be exactly the same type of bulb, just one is blue. So would that work?

You need to ask the plant people. Some of them don't play over here

[madasafish]

Hmm.... Yeah; I, too, am thinking this is possibly a scam. It costs that much to buy 4 of those nice [acronym:a3415a06f4="Power compact fluorescent"]PC[/acronym:a3415a06f4] bulbs, let alone the ballast and the bulbs...

But this guy/[acronym:a3415a06f4="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:a3415a06f4] looks reputable (1928 sales under his/her belt). I tend to think that he's trying to get rid of these fixtures for a reason. Perhaps becuase they are, as such, uncooled hoods, and will probably get quite hot quite quickly. You could always install some simple fans onto the fixture easily enough, I suppose.

I'd def. be cautious, and call up the guys beforehand to ask why the light is so cheap. I managed to get my Coralife for $140 shipped from somebody *on the inside* (shhhh!), though it does have fans installed, and that was a fantastic deal. This blows that away if it's legit, but I'd definitely check some more before buying!

On Ebay it's always a case of "Caveat Emptor!!"

[rubysoho]

I really appreciate the responses, the thought of a scam didn't even cross my mind... too trusting I guess. I will definatly do some investigation on this one.

Rubysoho - Private Investigator *gets out magnifying glass and pipe* wait, I don't smoke... hehe, ok I'm in a goofy mood, you'll just have to smile and nod on this one with me

[Menagerie]

The other thing is to look back in the feedback and see who else bought this fixture and e-mail them. E-mail many of them

[grimlock3000]

The actinic bulbs will be worthless for freswater plant growth, but you can probably sell them pretty easily to someone with a marine tank I would go with two bulbs around 6500K to compiment the 10Ks and provide a good spectrum for plant growth.

People do use those Jebo lights with pretty good results. They are not the best fixtures around, or the best bulbs. This is also not the first time these have sold for this price on eBay. Still, for $80 you can not do any better [acronym:4abb1f4287="In my opinion"]IMO[/acronym:4abb1f4287].

Check out some feedback here:

http://reefs.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.ph...highlight=jebo

[rubysoho]

ok, so according to those posts, the bulbs can all be replaced so long as they are 55 wat bulbs. Cool. Now is it worth it to buy the whole thing even if I am planning on replacing the bulbs (maybe not right away)? I can also instal a small fan, or two, to help air circulation (I've found those for pretty cheap before).

Menagerie, I looked through the guy's feedback and for the most part, he sells non-aquarium stuff. I found 2 negative feedbacks though. 1 saying shipping took too long, as in a couple of days too long, nothing outragious (no big deal to me), and the second was that everything arrived ok, but the packing of light bulbs could have been better. Soooo... I'll still do some more searching around, but hopefully this will work out to be a good deal.