Nova Extreme 48" 2x54W T-5 10,000K (fresh water)

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doug z

Planted FW Junkie
Posts: 3,566
Registered: January 2008
Location: Mackenzie, BC

Current USA Nova Extreme 48" 2x54W T-5 10,000K (fresh water)

Reviews	Views	Date of last review
3	3785	Thu November 11, 2010

Recommended By	Average Price	Average Rating
100% of reviewers	None indicated	7.3

Description:

This Nova Extreme freshwater fixture combines style and functionality, and makes a great addition to any freshwater aquarium. Assembled in a sleek, low-profile housing; this advanced fixture features a performance driven electronic ballast, parabolic reflector, protective splash lens, and adjustable aquarium mount for easy installation. This particular fixture comes with one SlimPaq 10,000°K bulb and one SlimPaq Freshwater bulb, and is fan cooled to dissipate heat.

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Nova Extreme 48" 2x54W T-5 10,000K (fresh water)

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doug z

Planted FW Junkie

Registered: January 2008
Location: Mackenzie, BC
Posts: 3566

Review Date: Wed December 3, 2008

Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8

Positive aspects of the product (pros):	Build quality, light output.
Cons:	fan noise is quite loud (but then, the large amount of heat generated would appear to justify this).

I don't know if all fans are this loud, but its LOUD, believe me (especially if you have 2!).

But if you try to leave the fans off, I'm sure it would adversely affect the temp of your tank, if you have the lights close to the surface.. They get hot enough to fry an egg, and I hear that you can reduce the life of the bulbs if you run them that hot..

So, if you have company or something, make sure you can shut the fans off easily (have the plugs for the fans at an easily accessible location)..

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Red

Senior Member

Registered: March 2008
Posts: 12485

Review Date: Fri December 5, 2008

Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 7

Positive aspects of the product (pros):	Good for plants and good ligh
Cons:	$$ loud really hot

Very good light but sometimes gets to hot and get change temp. in tank or start a fire.

funkman262

Senior Member

Registered: July 2010
Location: Tampa, Florida
Posts: 1133

Review Date: Thu November 11, 2010

Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 7

Positive aspects of the product (pros):	Inexpenive, great plant growth
Cons:	Hot, Noises

I own two of the 2-bulb fixtures (a 78W and a 108W) and they don't come with fans so they can get pretty hot. With the 108W fixture, when the light come on it makes a popping sound for a while and then makes the same sounds again at lights off. Not sure what it is.

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