Coralife 150W HQI Pendant Opinions

[CSeaSee]

Does anyone out there have experience with Coralife 150W HQI Pendants? Pros/Cons/Livestock/anything interesting? I know it's a real open-ended question, so I hope I get a variety of answers.

[scubadude]

Hi CSeaSee
Those pendants can sometimes be found for a cheap price, but IMHO its exactly what you pay for if your looking for a light for a reef tank (sounds like you are) then I would highly recommend something with better ratings check out this link for ratings, the higher the PPFD rating the better the bulb is for output, and the higher the CCT rating is the more blue you have in a bulb. Coralife has had a very poor PPFD rating in the past even with its cheap cost its really not worth it IMO. I would go with either a M81 ballast or an IceCap electronic ballast and either an ushio bulb or XDE or Aqualine bulbs in the 10k rating

http://www.reeflightinginfo.arvixe.com/

Also try one of our sponsors

www.reeftanklighting.com

He has a really good buy on Aqualine 150w DE HQI bulbs 10k for $75 and if you mention you are a Reefland member then you get an additional 10% off wich thats $67.50 for those bulbs....Your not gonna find it cheaper than that anywhere! That is really a good deal Im probably gonna get one or two myself.