One of the newest lighting devices to appear is Fauna Marin’s Starfire Extreme fixture. It has a LED Shimmer (flickering) effect or Moonlight ( controlled over internal Ballast and external control Box) and offers Single high end reflectors for deep light 98 % reflection. German made high end electronic Ballast with Cut off technology for longer life time and higher light output including electronic controllable active cooling for fans and tube. A splash water protection shield. A “comfortable†Y wire stainless steel hanging kit. Full powdercoated heavy aluminum body which allows only one powercord 3 meters long to snake from the unit. Don’t think Fauna Marin didn’t put dimmable options, they did, but only on the dimmable 10tube model. A 39w 8 tube unit will set you back $1,499, while the 54w 10 tube unit will be $1,799. The 80w 8 tube will set you back a cool $2,099. The high end 54w 10 tube GHL plug and play ready which is $2,099 and the only dimmable unit. Hit the more link for additional imagery of the new unit.
StarFire T5 lighting from Fauna Marin seen in the wild
Ryan Gripp
Ryan Gripp founded Reef Builders in 2006. He writes about technology, industry and other associated news relating to saltwater fish tanks. He went to Depaul University and has been keeping reef tanks for over 15 years.
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