Catalina fixture I need new bulbs

vinniemabuna · 01/07/2012, 05:22 PM

Hi, I bought a Catalina aqarium 4 bulb 24 inch fixture. I have it less than 2 months, the fixture is fine but the bulbs that started out OK and now dim and I have some nice craigslist corals in the tank but not much color to them with the bad bulbs. Has anyone had a similar fixture and how much better are the ATI and KZ bulbs than the stock ones? Im thinking 2 blue + 1 purple + and a KX new generation, what will that look like ? thanks.

matthewl04 · 01/07/2012, 05:28 PM

I have a catalina fixture. I replaced the bulbs with ATI and its about 10 times brighter. I have no complaints about the fixture at all! Mine is an 8 bulb fixture so i can't really help you with the color. I would look at the t5 bulb combo forum and kinda go from there thats what I did

vinniemabuna · 01/07/2012, 05:54 PM

Thanks Im still not sure about my bulb selection. ATI just came out with a new bulb called Coral plus with higher par reading. Reef geek sent me some info on it but I cant download it, does anyone have info yet ?

01/07/2012, 05:22 PM	#1
vinniemabuna Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 117	Catalina fixture I need new bulbs Hi, I bought a Catalina aqarium 4 bulb 24 inch fixture. I have it less than 2 months, the fixture is fine but the bulbs that started out OK and now dim and I have some nice craigslist corals in the tank but not much color to them with the bad bulbs. Has anyone had a similar fixture and how much better are the ATI and KZ bulbs than the stock ones? Im thinking 2 blue + 1 purple + and a KX new generation, what will that look like ? thanks. __________________ My wife said, its either me or them fish ! .WOW Im sure going to miss her !!

01/07/2012, 05:54 PM	#3
vinniemabuna Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 117	Thanks Im still not sure about my bulb selection. ATI just came out with a new bulb called Coral plus with higher par reading. Reef geek sent me some info on it but I cant download it, does anyone have info yet ? __________________ My wife said, its either me or them fish ! .WOW Im sure going to miss her !!

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01/07/2012, 05:28 PM	#2
matthewl04 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 86	I have a catalina fixture. I replaced the bulbs with ATI and its about 10 times brighter. I have no complaints about the fixture at all! Mine is an 8 bulb fixture so i can't really help you with the color. I would look at the t5 bulb combo forum and kinda go from there thats what I did