Aquatraders experience??

[dudey]

I have recently ordered from aquatraders and waiting on my lights to come.

I ordered a oddyssea 48" t-5 fixture with 4 bulbs and 2 36" oddyssea t-5 fixture with 2 bulbs a piece.

I came across on other forums some people have bad experience with the fixtures / the site but most of the experiences I saw were pretty dated back in 06 and 07.

Does anyone have any recent experiences they would like to share about these fixtures or the site. Maybe I should have done the research before buying but would like to hear input from others. I will let you know what I think once the fixtures arrive.

 

[RyanP]

was thinking about buyin through them until i asked a guy at the lfs about them and he said hes brother had a fixture from them that when bad after a year. Remember, you get what u pay for. Theyre cheap for a reason.

 

[Red_Belly_Pacu]

Aquatraders is about 30 miles away from where I live. They sell fishes at their store also at very fair and reasonable prices.

 

[pURPLEcHILLIrED123]

I go there about 1-2 times month and only buy fish. Haven't bought any lighting or equipment from them. The fish and tanks are very cheap though.

 

[sostoudt]

i have a 36 inch fixture, from topdogsellers on ebay(its oddysea so same brand). works fine gets the job done, bulbs it come with suck.

edit: i have my lights for over a year

 

[dudey]

thanks for all the replies. I have read about crappy shipping as well. Everything I received came. No manuals though, I can't figure out how to work the led controls and timers for my 48" inch light yet. I can get get 3/5 bulbs to turn on.

Replaced all the bulbs, which were kind of expensive. Would be nice if I have a salt water tank and needed actinic bulbs. Started to use on of the 36 fixtures and enjoying it so far.