All right, here's an update. I was re-arranging the rocks again on Saturday, getting them perfect... and as I was wrapping up, the right side leg of my new lights literally snapped off. I'm lucky I was close enough to the tank to catch the lights before they went crashing through the tank. SO, I took the lights and broken leg back to the LFS because I don't want lights that flimsy-- they've been on the tank less than a month. Long story short, despite the fact that the LFS owner recommended these lights specifically, he won't take them back even if I order another brand of lights from him. The only thing he'd do is take a leg off the same brand light set (but a 2' version instead of the 6' I bought) and give me a "new" leg.... but it's still the same style, and still structurally unsound IMO. My friend that works at the LFS also called the manufacturer, but they'll only give a new set of legs also. The legs they put on the 6' light are the same exact ones they use for a 2' light-- flimsy plastic pieces.
Anyway, so now I have to build a canopy that can support these lights, and I don't feel safe using these legs as the only support for the lights. this really F'ing sucks-- I spent so much damn money on these things, and they literally fell apart after less than a month of use. Worse, my trusted LFS owner has proven what a two-faced @$$ he is.... obviously, he doesn't stand behind his products like he says he does.
SO, I also ordered an expensive skimmer through the same LFS. It was supposed to be here 3-4 weeks ago, but it wasn't. It got here yesterday. I'm debating whether I should keep my word and buy it (it was a special order), or tell them to go fly a kite because of the way he treated me in regard to the lights. I don't mind pissing the owner off-- he deserves it-- but my friend that works there... that'd be uncool. And I know for a fact he'd be blamed if I don't buy the skimmer.
So what do you all think?
