Aquatic Life Light T5 HO 2-Lamp Link Marine Aquarium Light, 48-Inch

I have been using 2 of these over my 55 gallon reef tank for more than a year now and I can grow anything! The reflectors are great and really focus the light down into the tank. The included bulbs are crap so make sure to replace them with quality ones (ATI, Geissman, etc.) I'm growing SPS corals 18" below the surface with these fixtures.

Decided to add the 2 bulb to my 75 gallon setup. I bought the Aquatic Life Light T5 HO 4-Lamp 4-Lunar Aquarium Light, 48-Inch with Timer for $334.54 and it's a Rock Star of lights. Decided to add the 2 bulb to that awesome 4 bulb fixture thinking I would get the same quality. For the record I also bought their 200GPD RO system which is also incredible.

So I think to myself this 4 bulb unit is an awesome light I should add the 2 bulb to augment it. Looks the same must be the same quality cool.

It's NOT. This 2 bulb fixture is ridiculously cheaply constructed in comparison. You have to take the thing apart to install the feet and the shield. So to clean the shield you have to remove the side cover (4 screws). However, that's not really a problem since the SHIELD won't STAY IN THE FIXTURE. They used such thin aluminum in this light that it is flexible like thin cardboard. There are no midbraces to the center of the light cover and it flexes outwards due to the thinness of the metal and the shield falls out and hangs into the tank.

Legs are cheap, difficult to install also require the removal of the side cover, and the unit is so lightweight that one false move and it's off the tank or horrors in the tank...

the 10k bulb is is very yellow weird almost like a FW plant light.

Aquatic Life should pull this off the market and redesign it into something higher quality and keep the price the same.

However I would recommend this item http://www.amazon.com/Aquatic-Life-4-Lunar-Aquarium-48-Inch/dp/B0030VD4OU/ref=pd_sim_sbs_petsupplies_6

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This isn't a knock on the product, but please be wary when you purchase these kind of light fixtures online two of the last three I've ordered have arrived with at least one shattered bulb, and anything fragile shipped via UPS usually turns into bad news for me. This isn't universal to buying online, when I buy bulbs at my local fish store the first one I inspect is often in pieces, but at least locally you can get a good one before leaving the store.

Despite arriving with a broken bulb, it was packaged better than some of the non-HO T5 units I've had shipped to me. The bulbs were wrapped in plastic, which made it easy to clean up (I didn't have to go fishing to make sure I'd gotten every piece of glass out of there), and the bulbs had a few small pieces of styrofoam wrapped around them for support (better than nothing).

The plastic lens cover as they call it has plastic you have to peel off of it on both sides to protect it, but after doing so I immediately noticed mine was dirty and a bit scratched up anyway. It's also a hair too long, when I re-attach the end cap you have to remove to slide the cover in, it keeps trying to pop out of the fixture.

The power cord is also too short, in my opinion. It's 2 meters (just over 6.5 feet), but fish tanks combined with their stands can be pretty tall, and this unit on my tank sits at over five feet up and I honestly don't like keeping surge protectors that close to my tanks. Obviously this can be solved with an extension cord.

The product also did not come with a manual or any instructions at all how to put it together. You can find one pretty easily at Aquatic Life's website, and this may have just been an oversight, but was definitely a little inconvenient.

Other than that, it's a basic T5 HO unit no timer (have my own anyway) or moonlights. But the thing that's honestly attractive about it is its price.

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I bought this product in April and it's early September. I noticed last week one of the bulbs was not working. Bought the same AquaticLife Bulbs and it still didn't work. We tried them in another fixture and WOW!!! They worked. The light went out in just 6 months. AquaticLife said they have a 12 month warranty. I got ahold of them and this warranty was I pay the shipping there and back plus parts. This came up to what the light was brand new. In conclusion this is a bad choice. You get what you pay for and my livestock and me paid the price. A product that does not last 6 months is not safe for a costly reef setup and it could cause a huge loss of money as it did me. All I can do is tell you what happened to me and wouldn't wish this on anyone.

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