Smartlite vs Britelite?

[Bruddah Chrispy]

Aloha kakou,

Does anyone out there know the difference between Custom Sealife's Britelite and their Smartlite? They both appear to be power compacts. In the 30" length I want, they are both 65w.

I've checked their website (which is very poorly done BTW) and I can't find any difference.

Any ideas? Anybody have either?

Mahalo in advance.

[agilis]

I believe the "smartlite" is a divided tube combination of "ultra"daylight and actinic. The "brightlite" is all 8800K daylight. Smartlite is intended for reef tanks, brightlite for more general applications. I think the brightlite is probably better for most reef tanks as well. The need for large amounts actinic blue light over reef tanks is greatly exaggerated.

[Bruddah Chrispy]

So the difference is just the bulbs, not the strip light fixture? That's what I suspected. I'm just surprised that they have two different products, rather than have a single product for the fixture with different bulbs available.

Oh well. That's why I'm a computer geek and not in marketing.

Thanks!

[125gJoe]

Originally posted by agilis
I believe the "smartlite" is a divided tube combination of "ultra"daylight and actinic. Exactly.

The actinic does help bring out colors of saltwater fish though..

I was lucky enough to be able to return my SmartLites. I didn't look good on my tank.

And, yes, their website needs a lot of help...