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Thanks David. Not a bad idea and and an option I've looked at. I'm pretty handy but I think it would work out quite expensive - $120 x 2 for the ballasts (4 tubes) + say $50 x 4 for tubes + $? x 4 for reflectors. It would be a great system but you probably wouldn't finish it under $550 - $600 and that's not including a housing or canopy of some sort to mount the assembly in. Bit beyond my budget unfortunately.

Hey absolutely. Pay peanuts - get monkeys, has always been my belief whether that's employing someone or buying something. Nothing irritates me more than cheap crap that's poorly designed and doesn't really do what it's there to do! Worse still is form at the expense of function - designed to look so good, that as a result, doesn't work so well. What I'm looking for is decent quality at a reasonable price - value for money that works well. What we're all after I guess... Funny that! I've been around the local aquarium supplies, they just don't sell and can't get the lights I'm after - 4 tubes (too small a market I guess) so I'm left with either buying 2 lights (a very expensive option) or looking on the web. I'll let you know how I get on. Thanks for your input guys. I'll write a review of the lights I buy - hopefully a positive one. ;-)

Hi all. I'm looking for a reasonable/good quality T5 90 cm 4 tube light unit. Seen any like this in NZ (pref Auckland) or available on the web ? Here's one on Trade me - had any experience with this one.. http://www.trademe.co.nz/Pets-animals/Fish/Lights-lamps/auction-388947113.htm I've hunted around for any reviews/comments on the web about this Odyssea model and all I can find is some negative feedback about the Odyssea tubes being way off spectrum and not great quality... - who knows, haven't been able to find any specs on them so far. Cheers