ATI Straton vs Phillips Coral Care Gen2
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Looks awesome though! Everything is a pain in this hobby for the most part. Remember that's why you like it!Properly Hung now. Was a pain
Every average joe can sit around and complain that things are too hard so they just watch tv.... Those people are called boring..
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Phillips is the leader in lighting. Their fixture is from the commercial line of fixtures where they make thousands. ATI has a 1 year warranty, Phillips two year. ATI has been around aquarium lighting for a very long time so I can't knock them either.
My wife would never allow hanging lighting cables from her ceiling, so I always build a lighting rack normally from 3/4" angle, this time I used 1/4" wood to support my XR15's.
Wondering if you like green hammers?
(those look sweet!)
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So true! Well it was only a pain cause I messed up. If I would have hung it front to back the first time, would have been easy. But because I messed up, I couldn't get the Winged Anchors back out, tried to get them from the attic, but the space was too small, but I went to Lowe's and bought some 70lb drywall anchors and made it work. Hardest part was finding the proper size to go through the tophat in the hanging kit.Looks awesome though! Everything is a pain in this hobby for the most part. Remember that's why you like it!
Every average joe can sit around and complain that things are too hard so they just watch tv.... Those people are called boring..
But I got it done. Took longer than I wanted, but its done.
Probably will get some wall tacts and tact the power cord down the wall so its not putting any weight on the light.
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Haha, those look awesome!Wondering if you like green hammers?
(those look sweet!)
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That is what happens when you go from a 310 to a 120. Corals get a little crowded.
And thanks
The bright green are actually called Scuba Steves. A cross between frogspawn and a torch.
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The bright green are actually called Scuba Steves. A cross between frogspawn and a torch.
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DWair,
To take the weight off the cord on the light, I have some suction cups I bought off Amazon that have clips. I used two of them to put the cord in on the back of the cube as you can see. It takes all the weight off the Straton and allows you to level the light out.
To take the weight off the cord on the light, I have some suction cups I bought off Amazon that have clips. I used two of them to put the cord in on the back of the cube as you can see. It takes all the weight off the Straton and allows you to level the light out.
