I'm looking @ buying 2 x 200 wt rena smart heaters link

www.fosterandsmithaquatics.com/product/p...lay.cfm?pcatid=18444

and a led lighting system

www.fosterandsmithaquatics.com/product/p...973&pcatid=21973

any one had any issues with either products good or bad they look good to me

Cheers Gazza

RENA smart heaters are spot on...I have two 10/10

I agree with Staffie!! Those heaters are the best.. I have those in all of my tanks and they work GREAT!

Yeah the rena's look the goods
thanks for your input
Dam seen a cool led lighting system also looked the goods but 198 bucks US shipping to AUS seemed a little high might have a go and make my own
or should I just get a t5 set up ?

Gazza

I had that led canopy. It's great, although I've heard on larger tanks it can be rather dim.
LED is the way to go IMO.

Gazza wrote:


I had that LED canopy--it's great and I highly recommend it, although as the lights themselves are only in the middle section of the tank...I've heard it makes the corners rather dim in larger tanks.

Another issue is you can turn the day lights off, and only use the night lights...but you can't simply use the day lights without the nights being on too...which is kinda pointless b/c the night lights aren't powerful enough to be seen with the other ones on. I like to turn my blues on even with the daylights so it gives the tank a cool blue 'spotlighting effect' on my tree roots.

Still, you're using virtually no wattage, which saves a ton of electricity compared to flouro's and such, and no heat. The shimmering effect is way cool too. It's actually not expensive as buying just one led can run about 25 bucks, and the canopy has 9 so 150-170 bucks depending on where you get it isn't too bad.

LED is the way to go IMO. I'm willing to bet they'll all but replace everything else as the standard in aquarium lighting in the coming years.

Thanks for that

I wonder how the strip lights hoons use to pimp their cars would go

Cheers Gazza