Odyssea Light Fixture

[Ryan S]

Do any of you have or use an Odyssea Light Fixture? Specifically a PC or T5 HO fixture?

 

I am thinking about buying one for Jeanette's 38g FOWLR tank. She doesn't want SPS but very easy things like leathers or green star polyps, or mushrooms, easy things like that. Right now she only has the fluorescent strip light.

 

The fixtures are cheap, and I don't care if they aren't the best, but I also don't want the darn things to burn down the house either.

 

These are the 2 units I am deciding between. I will probably place the order tonight. I am leaning towards the T5 HO unit. Advice/thoughts/comments please!

 

PC:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...#ht_1728wt_1163

 

T5 HO:

http://cgi.ebay.com/36-3ft-T5-HO-Aquarium-...0#ht_1728wt_905

[lanman]

I've heard good and bad about them. Apparently for the price, they aren't too bad. But compared to the higher end lights, they ain't so great. So it's a matter of what you are after.

 

bob

[hlem]

read a lot about them, it's hit or miss product...

[Ryan S]

I've heard good and bad about them. Apparently for the price, they aren't too bad. But compared to the higher end lights, they ain't so great. So it's a matter of what you are after.

 

bob

 

thank you for the replies. if it was my main tank, I'd never get it, but for a FOWLR, it seems like it would do fine for the price?

 

i mean, we are comparing a fluorescent single strip to T5, so, cheap fixture or not, the cheap T5 should blow the fluorescent single strip away right?

 

Her 36" 38g tank dimensions are: 36 1/4 x 12 5/8 x 19 3/4. So, my next question is, would 2x39W over a 38g tank be sufficient for beginner corals, polyps, zoas, leathers? It should be right? They do sell a 4x39W for $50 more...?

[Ryan S]

thank you for the replies. if it was my main tank, I'd never get it, but for a FOWLR, it seems like it would do fine for the price?

 

i mean, we are comparing a fluorescent single strip to T5, so, cheap fixture or not, the cheap T5 should blow the fluorescent single strip away right?

 

Her 36" 38g tank dimensions are: 36 1/4 x 12 5/8 x 19 3/4. So, my next question is, would 2x39W over a 38g tank be sufficient for beginner corals, polyps, zoas, leathers? It should be right? They do sell a 4x39W for $50 more...?

 

I went ahead and ordered this one:

 

http://shop.aquatraders.com/Odyssea-36in-2...ure-p/52102.htm

 

I am sure it will work for now, and we can find something nicer down the road.

[khalid]

I have 2 PC fixtures from them, one 72 inch PC over my Cichlid tank and a 48 inch that is just sitting around now not in use. I had it on my 33 for a while before upgrading. The are fine for softies but the bulbs are crap after changing the bulbs to the current bulbs everything responded a lot better and looked a lot better. Now it is just sitting in my pile of fish stuff.

[treesprite]

That should be plenty of light. When I had a 38g I had just 2 36" NO flourescent bulbs and one 20" PC bulb - I had softies and even frogspawn under it just fine (now they're under the same NO, plus a small T-5 fixture instead of the PC).