Aqua Traders

[rob.holbrook]

Has anyone ever heard of these people....

Aqua Traders

anyways ... they have a light that I was thinking about buying.... anyone had any experiance with them?

Let me know... I have been reading about them in a different section of reef central ...


Here is the link to the light i was thinking about getting
http://www.aquatraders.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=333

379 bucks.... free shipping

[RokleM]

Do some searching here on RC. I might be thinking of the wrong place, but I believe this is the company that has had some issues with their lighting setting on fire and seem to get mixed reviews from owners. Again, I might be wrong and apologize if that is the case, but a little research won't hurt ;)

[szwab]

same boat as Eric. They ring a bell but I'm not torally certain. along with the comments mentioned Customer service is lacking as well.

[Bcollins111900]

yes that is the place that has fixtures that catch fire. not to mention there overall quality is not that great. they sell jebo and odyessa brands if that helps...

[TOURKID]

first hand experience, stay away from odyesea its about 1/4 the quality of say.. coralife.

[uztaryn]

The odysea and jebos are the ones that we catching on fire... not sure if they are better now or not but they would scare the heck out of me.

[mattyice]

i havent heard about the catching on fire thing but a local C-Sea member said that their ballasts suck and the light isnt very bright at all

[szwab]

I don't see what the big deal is though, hang it over the tank that way when it catches on fire it'll fall in and put itself out when it falls in.

[rob.holbrook]

That is a good idea ... lol hang it above ... catches fire puts self out...


anyways ... I seen a forum dedicated toward it ...

http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1037172&perpage=25&pagenumber=16

seems like it is a mixed bag, and the whole thing with fire seems to be a made up thing

[mattyice]

haha and electrocute everything in the tank lol

[thardy]

i have bought several things form them anywhere from filters powerheads and skimmers to pc lighting and never had 1 problem....

[ATB USA]

Aquatraders is about 30 minutes from me they are kind of a wholesaler/retailer. If you want low quality equipment aquatraders is where to get them. People are right their lights are not as bright as other brands. Their ballasts get extremely hot. Also no customer service!!

[filmoholic]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11071752#post11071752 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by thardy
i have bought several things form them anywhere from filters powerheads and skimmers to pc lighting and never had 1 problem....

Same here. Everything has worked great.