RE: Lighting for 75 Gallon Tank

["Gary Lange" <gwlange at mindspring_com>]

Oceanic makes great tanks but they really suck when it comes to their
lights, and have done so for years.  If they now use the same PC's setup as
All-Glass then they really suck.  I got rid of my 2 x 55 watt  x 2 All-Glass
setups about a year ago and am very happy that I did.  First of all they
just have a flat reflector, not a lot of light bounces out of that.  They
get way hotter than the A/H setups.  I don't have the need for fans on the
A/H setups either.  You can go to their website and see how they suggest you
build a hood for their lights.  On one side of my 210 I had the All glass
PC's 2 x 2 x 55, on the other side an A/H lighting with 4 of their 55 watt
setups with real reflectors.  If was like a flashlight was on one side and a
searchlight on the other.  Switch the bulbs out, same difference.  The
reflector is the difference.  You can buy a 4 foot box from A/H to put it in
so you don't even have to cut anything!  In my opinion you would be very
unwise to go in the route of the Allglass/Oceanic fixtures.  When you see
them compared to PC's with real reflectors there isn't any comparison.  You
heard Tom say it too :-) so go with the A/H stuff.

Gary Lange
gwlange at mindspring_com
www.rainbowfishes.org
http://www.thedefensefund.com

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> I would be interested to know how the Oceanic lights are made, if
> someone would chime in on that.

Pretty sure Oceanics are the same as used by All-Glass.  The PCs are GE
bulbs and Oceanic generally makes high quality stuff.

Scott H.
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