Aquatraders.com lighting

+ 1 on the digital timer

 

I thought with the odyssea fixtures you could only put in odyssea bulbs. which if thats true i would pass on that deal.

 

Im planning on getting two of these fixtures does anyone know if thats true about the bulbs i only want these fixtures if they will accept any bulbs

 

Can't say for sure on all there lights,but my aquatrader pc's are a standard 4 pin straight connector which i know is a common configuration for replacements

 

im pretty sure that the t5 bulbs on the odyssea or a little shorter or something like that. i may be wrong, but when i was looking for lights i heard to many prob with the odyssea. no personal experience though. i love my sundial t5's though.

 

on there web site the replacement 48'' t-5 bulbs say 45 3/4 pin to pin and i just checked a current usa bulb and its the same

 

I just got the same fixture you are looking at set up this weekend. For the money its not too bad. You will have to play around and figure out the timer as it does not come with any directions. All in all its not too bad. Made a definite difference from the pc's that I was using. I dont care much for the customer service from AT though. You cant call them only email for customer service.

 

that's why i bought my lights from topdogsellers on ebay. cost 10 dollars more but he has excellent customer service. it's the same odyssea fixtures as aquatraders. you will hear plenty of horror stories about odyssea but they have improved dramatically from years past. most of the stories you hear are from 7 or 8 years ago. i have had no problems with mine and you could buy several of these for a name brand that could just as easily tear up in a month.

 

I have a MH Odyssea light from Aquatraders. IMO, it's worth the money. I've had it for maybe about 8 months with no problems so far. I do plan on getting the T5 fixture next yr sometime to replace my PC fixture. I want to move up to SPS.