Lighting For Juwel Rio 180

[Robfo]

Hi, the lighting unit stopped working on my tank, atm i've ripped the electrics out of the hood and bodged a different lighting system into it but its only running one tube.
So i need to replace the hood, anyway on to the question..
Is the Arcadia I bar any better than getting another Juwel hood?

 

[Robfo]

Ah come on throw me a bone, any help/experience would be much appreciated.

 

[ChrisP]

I would not have thought there would be much difference I would just go with the cheapest, only reason I would go with the Juwel would be if the I-Bar did not support the flaps on top of the tank.

 

[julia298]

Rob, if you dont mind a bit of diy theres a pinned topic here where someone made their own hood for a juwel rekford i think it was.

But you might get a cheap starter unit on ebay. Are you completely doing away with the juwel light unit?

 

[Robfo]

Thank's for the replies, yeah i'm replacing the whole unit because the electrics for the lights stopped working. The DIY hood looks great but i'm way too much of a lazy arse to build something like that .
Glad you mentioned about the flaps, i just checked and they do fit the Arcadia unit (There's some on Ebay going cheap)

 

[fishstick]

Not very practical as you are in Sheffield and I am on the south coast but I have 3 x 25w tubes from my Juwel Vision 180 you could have, only used for 2 weeks...( I have a lot of bogwood in which is turning the water so brown that I have upgraded the lighting putting in 2 x 25w T6 tubes and there is a noticable improvement )

 

[guineapigqueen]

I have a Juwel Vision 180 and the whole light unit has gone on that, I didnt realise you could get cheaper replacements for the Juwel so I have ordered one from my LFS and its costing me £55.00, other stores have said abover £70.00.

Bloody lights, grr!

Emma