Juwel High-lite Light Units

[brogan86]

I have a Juwel High-Lite light unit on my tank with a daylight tube and nature tube that came with it. But they make my tank seem kinda dull and slightly yellow, (even thought ive recentley added some light reflectors), so i want to change the nature tube to a different one. But ive looked around and they're quite expensive

Does anyone know were i can get them cheaper ??? Also, is it only Juwel High-Lite tubes that will fit into my unit ? Ive tried looking at other branded bulbs but cant find my size ... id need a 590mm 28w T5.

Thanks.

 

[rabbut]

Juwel and Hagen have both made their units, such that only their tubes fit their units, by making the units what we in the trade call b***ard (non-standard) lengths. Therefore you are stuck with the Hi-light tubes for your unit I'm afraid, unless you wish to replace the lot. Standord T5 tubes are about £15 at that length, but as Juwel have a nice monopoly going on there, they may be somewhat more expencive.

All the best
Rabbut

 

[brogan86]

Darn... ok thanks for the info. So im stuck with Juwel only then... at least i only need one tube.

What would be the best light unit to buy then if i was to replace ?

 

[Mikaila31]

What size is the tank and how long?

 

[brogan86]

juwel trigon 190

 

[Mikaila31]

So 50gal and 40" long. Sorry to say, but I'm not familiar with juwel tanks. So I have no clue what your hood looks like, or what the common types of lights are used over there. But I suggest a retrofit kit or buy your own parts if you are up to it. Either a common type of T8 bulbs like 36" or if you want some nice live plants I would go for 2x55watt compact fluorescents. If I was doing it I would probably gut the hood and put my own lights in it. Just leave the on/off switch, you can use that, but that is if you are willing to do some DIY.

 

[rabbut]

I think in your situation, I'd scrap the hood completely, and get an overhead luminare. These are more flexible, and use standard parts, thus easy to change However, jumpy fish would be a no-no, as you would have no cover It's a bit of a trade off, but Juwel don't have ample stress bars to place cover glasses on

HTH
Rabbut

 

[DarkEntity]

I think in your situation, I'd scrap the hood completely, and get an overhead luminare. These are more flexible, and use standard parts, thus easy to change However, jumpy fish would be a no-no, as you would have no cover It's a bit of a trade off, but Juwel don't have ample stress bars to place cover glasses on

HTH
Rabbut

You could easily do what has been suggested, it would only take a quick trip to BnQ and pick up a sheet of clear plastic or glass and then cut to shape