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3 series Slim line Pendant
The most recent addition to the Arcadia range of quality aquarium lighting products is the Slim line Series 3 range of pendant lights

Improvements on previous Arcadia products include:
An improved slim line profile; Built in light timers;
Improved ventilation; eliminating the need for fans.
Choice of Colours: silver, black or white.

The great strength of the range is its flexibility- Due to its many variable options, it does not matter whether your tank is large or small, marine or freshwater, there is a series 3 pendant to suit.

Size Range

The Series 3 is available in a range of sizes to suit that of your aquarium. In all but the mini versions, they are supplied with supplementary lighting from fluorescent tubes and with a choice of adjustable timers.

choosing the right Pendant

Metal Halide Lamps
The Series 3 pendants are all fitted with Arcadia Metal Halide Lamps. The lamps can be 70, 150 or 250 Watts, and either 5,200 or 14,000 Kelvin. For freshwater tanks use a lamp of 5200K, and for marines use a 14,000K lamp. For an aquarium of 60cm deep or more, you should use a 250 Watt lamp.
Supplementary Lighting (not on mini versions) is provided by two fluorescent tubes - one down each side of the pendant.

If you are lighting a marine tank, then select the version with a marine blue actinic lamp. If, however, the pendant is going over a freshwater tank, then you should select the original tropical lamp instead.

Inbuilt timers (not on mini versions)

Separate timers for fluorescent and HQI

The Series 3 comes with built in light timers, which can be either analogue or digital.
These can be programmed so that the lights switch on/off as you require. The halide lamps can be controlled independently from the fluorescent tube, which gives you the possibility of creating dawn and dusk periods in your aquarium.

Digital timer option

Easily adjustable height

With many other brands of pendant lights, adjusting the height can be very awkward. With the Series 3 it is simply a case of pressing a button, allowing the unit to move up or down the suspension cable as required, and releasing the buttons - it could not be easier.

Colour choice
The Series 3 is available in three quality colour finishes - silver, black or white, and so you can select the model which best blends with the aquarium and its surroundings.

silver or black colour options

NEW OVER TANK LUMINAIRE

A completely new way to mount fluorescent tubes over an aquarium.

The Over tank luminaire is a stylish unit, available in a range of sizes, manufactured from corrosion resistant, silver powder-coated, aluminium, and of a profile similar to the already popular Series 3 metal halide pendant.

Unlike a conventional aquarium hood, the over tank luminaire is raised from the tank on sturdy supports, which attach securely onto each end of the aquarium, and are adjustable to allow for slight differences in tank length.

When access to the aquarium, or to the tubes is required, the luminaire tilts backwards, and rests on its hinge until being lowered back into place.

So, apart from being an elegant and original design, what are the benefits of the luminaire?

Many conventional hoods, although being of a smart design, do not allow us to accommodate more than one fluorescent tube - some will allow two.
In many cases a single tube is not enough - marine reef aquariums need sufficient light to keep photosynthetic invertebrates healthy. Two tubes would be the absolute minimum that could be considered for this, with more being preferred.

Overtank Luminaire

Also many freshwater plant species, have high light demands, and they would be very difficult to keep alive in a system lit by a single fluorescent tube.
Every model of the Over tank Luminaire comes with at least two tubes - some take three of the T8 standard output lamps, and some take four of the new T5 high output fluorescent tubes, meaning that you can provide a lot more light energy to your aquarium than you can with a conventional hood.
The models using three or four lamps, have two switches meaning that all the lamps do not have to be switched on at the same time, and so giving a more gradual increase in light levels to the tank.

In a freshwater aquarium, the open top to a tank allows for the creation of an unusual display in which the plant life is growing beyond the usual confines of the aquarium.
In nature, many plants grow beyond the water surface, and when they do so often produce leaves of a completely different shape to those produced underwater - often looking like completely different species.
When using a conventional hood, we only ever see the submerged form of a plant, but the use of an over tank luminaire allows the possibility of witnessing this interesting phenomenon in our own home.

What models are available?
The following table summarises the models of luminaire that are available

	2x T8 tubes	3 x T8 tubes	2 x T5 tubes (High Output)	4 x T5 tubes (High Output)
45cm	~
60cm	*		*	*
80cm	*		*	*
90cm	*		*	*
100cm	*			*
120cm	*	*		*
130cm		*		*
150cm		*		*

*Marine or Freshwater versions available
# Only available with marine tubes
~ Only available with Freshwater tubes

METAL HALIDE LIGHTING

THESE UNITS COME WITH A REMOTE BALLAST UNIT'S WITH TWO BULBS NORMALLY 1 X 10,000K AND 1 X 20,000K BUT ANY COMBINATION CAN BE INCLUDED. THE UNITS ARE PERFECT FOR DEEP AQUARIUMS AND CORALS WILL THRIVE UNDER THEM USING THE COMBINATION SUGGESTED. THE TWO BULBS CAN ALSO BE SWITCHED INDEPENDENTLY SO ALLOWING YOU TO TIME SWITCH FOR SUNRISE / SUNSET .

ALMEG001	MEGALUX -D HQI LAMPS	450 X 400 X 150	1 X 400W SCREW
ALMEG002	MEGALUX -D HQI LAMPS	450 X 400 X 150	2 X 250W SCREW
ALMEG003	MEGALUX -D HQI LAMPS	450 X 400 X 150	250W + 400W SCREW
ALMEG004	MEGALUX -D HQI LAMPS	450 X 400 X 150	2 X 400W SCREW

LARGE SELECTION OF NEW BULBS AVAILABLE

CODE	DESCRIPTION	WATTS	TYPE
HQIBULB111	BLV 10,000 K TS	70	CLIP
HQIBULB112	BLV 20,000 K TS	70	CLIP
HQIBULB113	BLV	150	CLIP
HQIBULB114	BLV	150	CLIP
HQIBULB115	BLV 6200 K	150	CLIP
HQIBULB116	BLV 5500 K	150	CLIP
HQIBULB117	BLV 10,000 K	150	CLIP
HQIBULB118	SYLVANIA 10,000 K	150	CLIP
HQIBULB119	VENTURE CA 13,000 K	150	CLIP
HQIBULB120	BLV BLUE 20,000 K	150	CLIP

HQIBULB121	OSRAM 5200 K	250	CLIP
HQIBULB122	SYLVANIA 5200 K	250	CLIP
HQIBULB123	BLV 5200 K	250	SCREW
HQIBULB124	BLV 10,000 K	250	CLIP
HQIBULB125	BLV 10,000 K	250	SCREW
HQIBULB126	SYLVANIA 10,000 K	250	CLIP
HQIBULB127	RADIUM 20,000 K	250	SCREW

HQIBULB128	BLV 5200 K	400	SCREW
HQIBULB129	BLV 10,000 K	400	SCREW
HQIBULB130	BLV BLUE 20,000 K	400	SCREW

HQIBULB131	BLV 5000 K	1000	SCREW
HQIBULB132	BLV 10,000 K	1000	SCREW
HQIBULB133	BLV BLUE 20,000 K	1000	SCREW

AVAILABLE T5'S

powerful T5 fluorescent lighting

!!!! think of the REPLACEMENT savings and there IS less heat from tubes than from METAL halides as a bonus !!

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