Is Sfiligoi Good Light?
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Agreed! With that slick looking Genesis, you'd better have a good looking tank to put that over...lol. And you do!
Loving my XR4
GREAT looking setup! You have a lot of nice corals in there. What is the acro colony just above the frag rack on the right? And is that a Simplex with blue tips in the middle? Geez. lol
The XR4 gives perfect light spread over your tank. Perfect dimensions for that fixture. That is going to be one phenomenal tank in a year or so as things grow in. Well done.
Thanks man! Yeah, the xr4 was a perfect match for this setup, I couldn't be happier. I am contemplating adding a 24" reefbrite to the outside for that extra pop but I'm not sure I want to compromise the look of the fixture.
The blue one on the right is my 30k lokani colony and up top on the right is my hawkins colony. The large simplex in the middle is my dustins deepwater that Ive grown from a single stick from back in early 2008 I believe.
Thanks again for the compliments, means a lot.
That is a gorgeous Lokani colony. I can only imagine what that looks like top down! And of course pics sometimes muddle the colors through the glass. I would love to get a hold of a piece of that deepwater down the road. May shoot you a pm on that one. It's a very tight setup and was very well thought out. Very pleasing to the eye (and I'm pretty critical)...lol.
Have you thought about how you would add the Reefbrite? Would you brace it to the side of the tank or try and retro fit it to the fixture itself? Curious as I would love to do the same thing, but have the exact same hangup on the aesthetics...
Thanks again man! I just so happen to have a somewhat recent top down of the 30k:wink::
It was completely brown when I moved it over! I am pretty stoked on the transformation so far.
As for the reefbrite I think the best route for a setup such as mine is attaching the bar to the outside of the fixture itself. A fellow bay area reefer did it to his 24" sifiligoi and it came out pretty clean. Here are some pics:
I am still torn to be honest. The fixture is extremely clean as is and I dont know if the added visual pop would be worth the aesthetic downgrade to the look of the unit.
HarmoneyHallReef
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I realize that this reply is a bit 'dated', but I want to share my story so that others don't make the same mistake. I bought my Infinity XR6 at a MACNA (Pittsburg), so you know I've had the light a while. But I've had nothing but problems and finally got rid of it last year (with an AquaMedic-4 X 250W MH double ended bulbs, T-5, etc). I never did have both sides of my Infinity run at the same time and if they did, it wasn't for very long. The ballast over-drives the bulbs. I too had many problems with bulbs not fitting. I had to buy from Aquarium Obsessed. But they went out of business. With almost every bulb I replaced, it had a bulge in the glass from melting. My 215 Oceanic tank was hard to clean because the Sfiligoi fixture was too big. Except for one end, where I ended up putting another fixture because I just wasn't getting the light coverage on my 6 foot tank (the rep said I'd be fine with the 4-foot light fixture). At first, I kept blowing the fuses and Aquarium Obsessed (Now out of business) kept telling me to put 20 Amp fuses. I finally rebuilt the fuse holder and it stopped blowing the fuses (I used 10 Amp). I had problem after problem and my corals didn't grow very well (due to the lack of the bulbs lighting). I probably have 40 e-mails of problems and received no notice of Aquarium Obsessed going out of business (I was still conversing with them). I wrote a letter to the company in Italy and received no response (a waste of $14). Perhaps others have had good luck with their products, but not only was the service horrible, the light was cumbersome to work around and not very esthetic to look at. My corals were not growing. It also didn't run cooler like I was told it would (their exclusive design, they said). Since I've switched to AquaMedic, my corals are popping with color and finally growing nicely; I can work around the light fixture and things are cooler (well, in fairness, they re only 250W). But, I had to state my opinion; for $1600.00, I could have done much better. Good luck in your endeavors.
AO has been out of business for a few years now and many had similar experiences due to the poor customer service. When did you get rid of the light? Tim at Aquatics Elite has been wonderful to deal with and he has been the NA dealer for Sfiligoi for a few years now. Were these issues you had more than 3 years ago? If so, I don't know how relevant the poor customer service comment is as that has been remedied. Most folks I know that have them are very pleased. It sounds like your experience was a while ago. I've had 2 fixtures for over 5 years and I love everything about mine. If there have been any issues, Tim is on top of it every time.
I am a bit skeptical when someone joins the site and their first and only post is a negative review of a product. Not saying its not relevant, but just saying I'll take it with a grain of salt....
I am a bit skeptical when someone joins the site and their first and only post is a negative review of a product. Not saying its not relevant, but just saying I'll take it with a grain of salt....
Aquaph8
Love The Fish
AO and sfiligoi had a bunch of bad reviews back then. I think most were do to AO's customer service where most problems should have been takin care of. I have an older stealth fixture that had its share of problems when I got it. Tim from Aquatics Elite has been really great throughout the process of getting it going. He even called me and helped me with the wiring. It's now been a couple years and my fixture has been outstanding. If I was to buy new today I would definitely buy from AE.
HarmoneyHallReef
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I only posted a reply as I was cruising the web and saw the question. I saw where the question came from and decided to answer the query, thus having to join the Forum. Since I had such bad luck, I wanted to reply as honestly as I could. I certainly hope others don't have as much bad luck as I did. I could have just gotten a lemon. The whole experience obviously upset me as you can probably surmise. So, take it with a grain of salt if you must. I've been in the hobby since 1995 and never had these experiences with any vendor/company. Res Ipsa Loquitur. I rest my case, I'm done with it. Got it off my chest. Thanks for listening. I wish I ran into Tim earlier! I'm so glad they are around to offer 'service'. 'I got rid of the light only last Summer! But as I mentioned earlier, and it's only me, I also had a hard time cleaning around the tank with the fixture as big as it is. I now wished I had bought from AE, but they were not around, then.
