catfish lighting????? Anyone heard of it?

[Gilraen Took]

Hm, I've still been looking to up my lighting, and found a 65 watt fixture that is well within my price range. Only thing is I have never heard of that brand before. Has anyone had experience with them, or heard of experience with them?

[Wiskey]

Do you have a link?

Whiskey

[Gilraen Took]

It's an ebay auction(buy it now variety)

http://cgi.ebay.com/CL-24-Aquarium-P...em320070058229

[Wiskey]

Oh, I can't check E-bay from here anymore (Work).

Whiskey

[Gilraen Took]

Ah.

This is Brand New in the box Catfish Lighting 24" 65 Watt Power Compact Light!

This is the new 24” 65 Watt Power Compact Strip Light from Catfish Lighting!! It comes with one 65 Watt bulb, which are perfect for small aquariums, reptile tanks, reef and coral tanks, and plant tanks. You have your choice of bulb configuration; 50/50, 6700K, or Blue Actinic. Please let me know what configuration you want at checkout. It also comes with fully adjustable mounting legs out to 26 inches, an acrylic splashguard, and a digital internal ballast.

Features:

• Sleek black housing
• One 65 Watt Fluorescent Straight Pin Bulb
• One Acrylic splash shield with adjustable legs
• One Digital Internal Electronic Ballast
• 1 Year Catfish Lighting Warranty on the fixture
• 30 day Warranty on the light bulb
• Dimensions 23.25” X 4.75” X 2”
• Free shipping to Continental US

As with all Catfish Lighting products you get the manufactures 1-year warranty on the fixture and 30 day warranty on the bulb.

That's what the auction says about it.

[Wiskey]

It sounds fine,.... but I have no idea how good their quality is.

Whiskey

[Gilraen Took]

Okay. I think I'll try it out. It's a really great price to pass up(free shipping, and the cost is about what I've found similar fixtures from coralife and sattelite priced at. . .

[afbengochea]

i think its that catalina lighting manufacture. I think I remember hearing about them a while back. If i remember correctly they were having a hard time getting something fixed since this company had poor customer service

[Gilraen Took]

Oh. . . So then maybe I should keep shopping around then huh?

[afbengochea]

ill see if i can find that link just to make sure its the same company.....just remember that sometimes u get what u pay for.

[afbengochea]

i think this is the link. I cant get on reef central here at work so I cant verify that the link would work reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?...&perpage=&pagenumber=1

if it doesnt then just go to yahoo.com and search for these words (catalina light fixture nightmare) and its the first link that pops up

[hng]

Lights are like skimmers, IMO. If you skimp too much and buy really cheap stuff, you only end up throwing it away out of frustration and buying what you really needed in the first place. I have no knowledge of this particular brand, and there are always "good value" items out there (like the coralife super skimmer), but....you never know. Maybe you should stick to a major manufacturer for the lighting. I'd be worried about quality for something as critical and dangerous as lighting (I've heard about cheap lighting fixtures catch fire). JMHO

[reefermike1]

if youre looking at pc fixtures id go with current or coralife. if noones heard of it theres probably a reason why. stay away from jebo too imo.

[leveldrummer]

check to see if the product is ul listed, if you find a website for them, it should be there somewhere, ul listings basically mean they are deemed safe for public use, not a guarentee of super quality, but if its not listed, i would be skeptical.