ice cap reef illumination any reviews out there?

Rothaquatix · 12/07/2009, 10:23 PM

Anyone have feed back on these yet? how well do the led's work and is the moonlighting good? thanks

pfoster40 · 12/07/2009, 10:37 PM

Im going to hop on this thread because I was looking for something as well.

Rothaquatix · 12/07/2009, 10:55 PM

bump

jhoff · 12/07/2009, 11:18 PM

There was a thread about the T5/MH combo last week but it was only pitcures of the unit out of the box.He said he will be setting it up in a week or so nothing on how it preformed. Nice looking fixture im lookin into the T5 unit myself guess we will just have to wait....

Duce · 12/20/2009, 03:56 PM

Tagging along since I am thinking of one of the MH combo fixture...
BTW how much "light" does the LED tube put out?

Johnny C · 12/21/2009, 12:25 AM

I've seen both of these in-person. I personally like the T5/LED version more. Both of them look awesome and the LEDs are well worth the money. JMO

rhkingsfan · 12/21/2009, 02:16 AM

My sister has one and they are terrible. The MH lamps are too far apart so they leave a big shadow down the middle of her rimless tank (look at the pictures and you'll notice that it looks weird). Plus the t5 ballast was busted out of the box and she has not been happy with ice cap customer service. Take a look at the picture of the unit; some pictures make it look very sleek but other pictures don't. The thing is huge. I expect this product to be off the market in a few months.

KbauerCTU · 01/22/2010, 11:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rhkingsfan

My sister has one and they are terrible. The MH lamps are too far apart so they leave a big shadow down the middle of her rimless tank (look at the pictures and you'll notice that it looks weird). Plus the t5 ballast was busted out of the box and she has not been happy with ice cap customer service. Take a look at the picture of the unit; some pictures make it look very sleek but other pictures don't. The thing is huge. I expect this product to be off the market in a few months.

Take everything you read with a grain of salt. Not the same experience I have had. I'm getting very even light distribution.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...7#post16432577

12/07/2009, 10:23 PM	#1
Rothaquatix Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: West los angeles ca Posts: 136	ice cap reef illumination any reviews out there? Anyone have feed back on these yet? how well do the led's work and is the moonlighting good? thanks

12/21/2009, 12:25 AM	#6
Johnny C Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 4,140	I've seen both of these in-person. I personally like the T5/LED version more. Both of them look awesome and the LEDs are well worth the money. JMO __________________ "...the sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonders forever" -Jacques Cousteau

12/07/2009, 10:37 PM	#2
pfoster40 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 287	Im going to hop on this thread because I was looking for something as well.

12/07/2009, 10:55 PM	#3
Rothaquatix Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: West los angeles ca Posts: 136	bump

12/07/2009, 11:18 PM	#4
jhoff Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Edison New Jersey Posts: 1,082	There was a thread about the T5/MH combo last week but it was only pitcures of the unit out of the box.He said he will be setting it up in a week or so nothing on how it preformed. Nice looking fixture im lookin into the T5 unit myself guess we will just have to wait....

12/20/2009, 03:56 PM	#5
Duce Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Toronto, Ont., Canada Posts: 1,986	Tagging along since I am thinking of one of the MH combo fixture... BTW how much "light" does the LED tube put out?

12/21/2009, 02:16 AM	#7
rhkingsfan Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Glendale Posts: 696	My sister has one and they are terrible. The MH lamps are too far apart so they leave a big shadow down the middle of her rimless tank (look at the pictures and you'll notice that it looks weird). Plus the t5 ballast was busted out of the box and she has not been happy with ice cap customer service. Take a look at the picture of the unit; some pictures make it look very sleek but other pictures don't. The thing is huge. I expect this product to be off the market in a few months.