[Fignewton]

Hey gang, I was in Wal-mart yesterday (first time, interesting) Any-hoo, I paroused the poorly stocked, disheveled pet department and saw the miracle beam led kit. I know its not as hi-tech as some of the other moonbeams out there and I do already have a DIY moon beam that I made. But, the whole kit(Inverter, docking station, two led's ((with room for 3 more)) and mounts) was on sale for 14.97, marked down from 24.97. Not bad. I scanned it on the u-scan thing just to make sure... It came up 4.97!!!!!!!!!!! I'm not sure if Wal-mart uses a chainwide upc system. (as this was the last one) but it's worth a try if your looking for a deal!

http//www.miraclebeam.com/hilite.asp

Fig

 

[Guest]

I use those little leds from walmart I use 2 blue And I love them they to me are without a doubt the best moon type source you could possibly have and i got all of it for like 22 dollars

 

[skylergirl]

When those leds came out, I remember they were around $40-50 at WalMart

You guys got a great deal on them.

 

[Fignewton]

Yup under 5 bucks aint bad.

 

[canisson]

I have 2 of them on my tank, and they work GREAT. One kinda burned out or something as it is a touch dimmer then the other, but they put a soft blue-glow to the tank...very pretty. My only recommendation is a piece of wax paper in the LED case to diffuse the light, otherwise it is more like a spot-light.

Just my $.02

 

[Guest]

I need to get over there and see the tank now Jason! anytime good for you?

 

[Rook]

Anyone figure out if this was a one store sale or not?

 

[canisson]

I popped into the Wal-Mart on Van **** and 12 mile, and they were out of the lights, so maybe it was a chain-wide sale. Last time I was in there they had a dozen or so, plus modules!

Good luck finding 'em now!

 

[Fignewton]

Remember these were marked $14.97 a great price for 2 lights, hub, and transormer. The hub will support up to 5 lights. But, again it scanned at $4.97 That is the deal of the year!

 

[ofblong]

I have had those lights for almost 2 years now. meijer has them for double what walmart does hehe. anyways I thought they did no good on a fowlr aquarium. they just did not make the tank look that cool at night. however now that my tank is a reef tank i think they make my tnak look awesome. I have 4 different colors on my tank.

 

[Andy94SC]

I was jsut in the Fenton Wal Mart (hectic christmas shopping...) anyway, I remebered this thread and looked in the pet section. I couldn't find the adapter boxes. But the did have the add on lights for $1.75. I picked up all of the blue ones, and a couple of the orange ones, there are still probably a dozen left (mostly red, orange and green I think.) So now I guess I have to find the adapter box kit somewhere....Or try to build one, I imagine it is just a DC power supply right? The package says it is a 6 Volt system.

 

[pjr]

I have a spare controller, brand new, if anyone needs one. I picked up the last two at Walmart in Commerce.

 

[pista01]

I got some of these lights a few years ago for my fresh water tank. They are cool, but don't stick them in the water. They will eventually leak water internally, screwing up the lens. Then they short out.

 

[Skippy_electrician]

I picked up the last power supply/ adaptor box today at the wal-mart in canton. Kinda like the look, but it comes with 1 blue and 1 green led. If any1 has 4 more blue they dont want and want 2 sell???? That would be great!!!!

 

[pjr]

I was at Canton the other day and didn't see any... you have good eyes! Didn't have luck at the Taylor store today.

 

[Skippy_electrician]

The 1 one on ford road, and it was behind a bunch of stuff on 2nd shelf down!!!! Ya I looked hard.

 

[canisson]

I looked in the one at Hall and 94...nothing.
VanDyke and 12 mile....nothing.

Too many reefers, not enough Wal-Marts!!!

I ordered a SWEET moonlight kit from Ebay a few days ago. The manual is SO easy to follow, and the parts are relatively inexpensive. I'll let everyone know what it looks like when I am done if any might be interested in building your own moonlights.

pix to follow....

 

[rscdragon]

Does any one have any pics of these on thier tanks? I use two 25 watt blue party bulbs and I am happy with the way mine looks.

 

[canisson]

I have pix, but they look dumb cause my cam doesn't take good low-light pix. (Or I just haven't figured out how to do it!!)

 

[rscdragon]

Thats cool. How about anyone else?