tek light

4 bulb 48 inch setting hows the heat with that light im thinking i wanna place it directly on my eggcrate for the 90 gallon

 

no one with teks?

 

A few years ago tek was all the rage. There were posts all day long about tek, but lately you don't hear much about them. I would want a little more space than sitting right on the egg crate. If for no other reason than to keep salt creep of the fixture.

I don't have tek though I have wave point so I don't know much specifics.

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I have a Tek fixture and it gets very hot. I wouldn't place it directly on the egg crate. You can buy legs for it.

 

i was going to buy the wavepoint and i was told tek fixtures were so much better does the wavepoint put out any heat?

 

Most fixtures using T5'sHO(High Output) and having more then 4 bulbs Im guessing are going to put out heat. Hence most higher end fixtures having cooling fans built in.

 

yeah the claim with tek is that it puts no heat out thats why i was considered it and it has no fans from the pictures ive seen

 

is the nova extreme still considered a dont buy item? ive heard about really bad stories but have yet to hear one actual person say a bad thing about the fixture?

 

I won my nova extreme on a coral farm tour. A ballast blew on it right after I got it home. (We werent sure if it was used or not since it didnt come with stock bulbs lol and was put together) and 40$ later its been running great for almost a year now. No issues with it.The fixture it self gets warm, but the two fans keep it pretty cool. Just make sure its not behind a closed room. IT will heat the room up like a sauna. cause the fans are pretty powerful lol.

 

you think i could get away with super glueing my r2's on the back of the fixture or it gets to hot?