Let me know how it goes!I sent a nasty Email to them. I told them that every company that makes a mistake will always oner the price. And I don't want there 10 dollar discount because I will not buy from them.
What a bunch of asses.
Let me know how it goes!I sent a nasty Email to them. I told them that every company that makes a mistake will always oner the price. And I don't want there 10 dollar discount because I will not buy from them.
What a bunch of asses.
the fijis only appear white when next to another bulb. Run the fijis by themselves and you will see how purple they are. Im still sticking with them. At least for now. If you mix blue and red you get purple. If the flora suns appear more white. Then obviously there is more blue energy than red. My 6500 k bulbs have less Than 5% red and appear very white. My aqua blue special has 5 and 10% red and 45% orange and 100% blue . It has a hint of purple. More on te blue side though. But with the added red, orange is why.Man, I was within 2 keystrokes of buying that New Wave. I'm glad I saw this. I thought something was fishy with that listing. There was no mention of a Christmas sale or anything, and the fixture seemed to be priced way out of range. Not to mention that Hydro Galaxy has a pretty piss poor feedback rating for an Amazon store (70% or something). I've never done business with any vendor that has less than a 90% feedback, and even that's pushing it. Sorry you guys got screwed I guess the worst that happens is that you pay the full price but it still sux moose cock to get jerked like that! The silver lining might be that the New Wave is a very nice unit imho. Much nicer and sturdier than the Badboy, and it's completely assembled.
I've had one Flora Sun fail on me but overall I'm impressed with the bulb. Actually I had all Flora Suns in my fixture for the past week until my other bulbs arrived today, when I swapped out for Red Suns and an actinic. Still waiting on my Coral Waves. The Flora Sun seems to have the full balanced spectrum, yes a bit of a wasted green peak, but it is pretty much what the Fiji Purple was supposed to be. Which kind of leads me to believe that if the Fiji Purple was actually anything like its "supposed" spectral graph, it would appear white, like the Flora Sun. This makes me think that it is really much more of a blue spectrum bulb, which may explain why some are having sub-par flowering results with it, because we have been treating it like a balanced, dual spectrum bulb which I don't think it is. Just a hypothesis...
In fact I am contemplating leaving one half of my 8 bulb fixture all Flora Suns for the rest of flower, or maybe swap one out for a Red Sun. Just got my Red Suns and after reading all of your troubles, I'm not throwing away any of the packaging because I fully anticipate having to send some back. I hope Marine Depot is good about returns!
For vegging Id almost be willing to put money that the one with more Fiji's will do better for veg, they have the full blue spectrum as well as the red peak where the Red Suns are almost all Red, and blue wavelengths are needed prominently over red in Veg phase. I'd be interested in seeing a t5 grow through veg with two fixtures, both with 2 blues either 420 or 460, and both with two 6500k's, then one with two Fiji's and one with two Red Suns. Or each with 2 blue then 4 Fiji's /or/ 4 Red Suns. Just to show the response specifically to each bullb, and if the Fiji would work as a suitable replacement for the Red Sun... I AM STILL STEAMING OVER THE FACT THAT 2 OF THE 4 RED SUNS I BOUGHT ARE SHIT and CRAPPED OUT within ONE WEEK!I know everyone has been back an forth on the fiji's, even me..... From what ive saw the last batch and this batch. The girls in one row on the side with 2 fiji's are swelling up more than the side with one fiji. I have 2 rows of 4 under the t5. now im starting to think the fijis are the best bulbs out of all of them. I plan on buying another t5 in a week or 2. So I wil do a comparison between 2 t5's . One with 4 fiji's and 2 redsuns. Another with 4 redsuns and 2 fiji's.
YOU CANNOT USE ACTINIC/RED ONLY SETUP...THIS BETTER NOT BE A WASTE OF $$ because I have spent $750 on T5 bulbs to make this shit happen! Anyway, I emailed the store I purchased the Gro-Lux T5's from and they are OUT OF STOCK. Yeah, thanks for letting me know 3 weeks later. Needless to say that order is CANCELLED! I have now been running FloraSuns and 6500K bulbs half and half in my fixture for veg and it is FANfuckinTASTIC! The plants love that combo and they have doubled in size in only 3 days. I purchased some ATI ProColors since they are super cheap $9.50 a bulb in place of the FloraSuns because they are pretty much identical. Anyway, I'm starting to realize that at least for vegging, plants need more of the full spectrum. I had my half 6500K and half FloraSuns in one area and the PAR only T5's in another, and the 6500K/FloraSun plants are about 10 times bigger. Same everything for nutes and time started.
I have done/posted a total of 2 grows in this thread.... how many have you done?I'm just bustin his balls. Besides I'm sure I'm not the only one who thinks it's a bit odd he hasnt posted any new grows since starting the thread.
Nope dopnt work for quantum jsut like the ballast... there is a copycat out there thats Green but i couldent find anyone that sold the damn things...Quantum was owned by Amerinada Dist. and recently sold to Discount Hydroponics who also owns C.A.P. and Digilux. Very few people including myself are using Badboys. Most people here have Hydrofarms, Sunblaze, Radiion, New Wave, htg, Tek, Maxlume, various aquarium brands, etc......... He's not pushing their ballasts and he has already said the quantum t5 bulbs are crap. He would of got fired or demoted for that one, so I doubt that he works for Quantum.
Prof if there is a chance you work for Quantum how about hookin up a homie price on BB??
Not a fire hazard i can touch the entire ballast/fixture/bulbs without burning myself...I'm planning on getting a badboy any day now to start using this method. I'm wondering if anyone who has experience can tell me what type of heat I can expect from the ballast. My grow space is limited and its possible that the metal of the ballast could actually be touching wood.
Does the ballast get really hot to the touch? Could this pose a fire hazard? What if there was a half inch of clearance between the ballast and the wood?
I know everyone has been back an forth on the fiji's, even me..... From what ive saw the last batch and this batch. The girls in one row on the side with 2 fiji's are swelling up more than the side with one fiji. I have 2 rows of 4 under the t5. now im starting to think the fijis are the best bulbs out of all of them. I plan on buying another t5 in a week or 2. So I wil do a comparison between 2 t5's . One with 4 fiji's and 2 redsuns. Another with 4 redsuns and 2 fiji's.
Flora Suns look alot like RedWaves. They would prob look alot like Fiji Purps or Coral Waves if they didnt have the green spike in em View attachment 1952822 I like the 660 spike, its rare. and the red peak is kinda short but its wide, showing a majority of its output in the red range.This is a panel of Flora Suns and Coral Waves. From top to bottom it is FS, CW, FS, CW (the FS look pink and the CW look purple).
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The Flora Suns look whiter than this to the eye, but there you go I guess.
I think we are looking for a Fiji replacement that provides Fiji's STATED spectrum but at a lower price. I am using the Wave Tech Coral Waves + Red Suns. I think the better test would be same number of Fiji vs Coral Waves My $0.02I know everyone has been back an forth on the fiji's, even me..... From what ive saw the last batch and this batch. The girls in one row on the side with 2 fiji's are swelling up more than the side with one fiji. I have 2 rows of 4 under the t5. now im starting to think the fijis are the best bulbs out of all of them. I plan on buying another t5 in a week or 2. So I wil do a comparison between 2 t5's . One with 4 fiji's and 2 redsuns. Another with 4 redsuns and 2 fiji's.
Excellent idea. I have the same fan.Just a pic to show how I attach a cheap ass desk fan to my fixture with a binder clip to blow down the length of my tubes. Its really easy with the Radiion 4 bulb fixtures cuz they have the plug on the end to Daisy Chain with.
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*as you can see, my leaves are just reaching up towards the light... they love it!
I have done/posted a total of 2 grows in this thread.... how many have you done?
FYIJust a pic to show how I attach a cheap ass desk fan to my fixture with a binder clip to blow down the length of my tubes. Its really easy with the Radiion 4 bulb fixtures cuz they have the plug on the end to Daisy Chain with.
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*as you can see, my leaves are just reaching up towards the light... they love it!
If you look at my posts through time you will see that my first crop was ravaged by mites, died then had my shit raided by the fuzz who promptly returned my equip with nothing to charge me with(TRUECRYPT USE IT!) ... i relocated and returned to the thread with a new batch of Kandy Kush and sharks breath.i must have missed the second grow. what page is it? i would have assumed you would be posting the most.