Thanks Larr -that flu stuff no fun I guess those lense on our mars units are frosted to reduce "color striping" I would think they would have a lesser light transmittal % I found some clear lenses on ebay that say they have a 93% transmittal rating-they say on the fb group that if you remove the optics you end up with 120 degree spread good for color blending, spread,- good for lights close to water, shallow tanks not for my application but maybe for yours-thats a lot of light on your tank!! did you get your optics off ebay?