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CAD 8 gal LED Aquarium

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Topic: CAD 8 gal LED Aquarium

Posted By: Bryant
Subject: CAD 8 gal LED Aquarium
Date Posted: October 06 2012 at 11:08pm

Does anyone have experience with these or this company, I have had this tank for around 3 weeks and the LEDs are already starting to go out. I contacted the company and there email reply basically said that they don't make the LEDs.

Is this normal for this company?

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- New to Utah

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Posted By: rfoote
Date Posted: October 07 2012 at 7:43am

I had a CAD 32g about 5 years ago. They struggled then with quite a few quality control issues, don't know if they have been worked out yet... If Eddie is still involved and you can get a hold of him, he should help you out. Did you purchase it directly from CAD?

Posted By: Bryant
Date Posted: October 07 2012 at 9:07am

I just checked my email from them and it was from Eddie. It was such a frustrating response as it is pretty much a given than almost no manufacturer makes the individual components that go into a finished product. So for them to tell me that they do not make the LEDs just says that they do not stand behind the finished product. I purchased the tank from a LFS, they already swapped the light fixtures on it when I initially bought the tank, and the tank they have for sale right now has LEDs out on the light fixture. when I told the LFS yesterday that the LEDs were going out the response I was to have them basically suggest that I purchase a differnent brand light fixture from them. I do plan on buying a different brand fixture at this point but I think will be getting it from a different LFS.

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- New to Utah