Looking for lights for my reef...

[saltjunkie]

And I came across this site.
Damn weed smokers....gotta luv emmm...

www.insidesun.com
and i found this


Hows this setup seem?

with a 10k bulb upgrade a 250 watt kit is basically 150 bucks? does that seem like a decent deal?

[kevinpo]

It doesn't say what type of bulb and ballast it is, in the product details. There are some pretty junky products out there. Ushio, AB, XM, Coralvue, are proven bulbs. I would use a HQI type ballast to drive them for best results. The diffrerence between set-ups can vary in output as much as 40%.

HTH,
Kevin

[tsquad]

wow those are mad cheap! maybe they are reliable kevinpo, because in the aquarium lights section they have ushio bulbs.

[saltjunkie]

i was thinjking that.. and.. weed growers cant have faulty growing stuff can they.. i mean,, what would happen if the lights went out?

[tsquad]

exactly! if you buy from them tell me how it goes. im considering. and if u dont, i probly will first, and tell you. it looks good to me; however, me being a complete newb (kinda i research alot), cant really say much. so yea...this looks good

[saltjunkie]

yeah, im not ready to buy.. i stumbled across thissite from my other message board i frequent.. i seen someone selling a mh/hps bulb ballast and socket.. for 400 bucks used.. way to much.. so another guy was like here try this out if you need a grow light....

and now you and i are on the same page....

[tsquad]

yea this looks like the best option...however if they arent reliable check out www.hellolights.com and go to their custom mh/vho/pc combo fixtures, they like $500 but reaaly nice and come with everything u need, you just have to put it in the canopy

edit : theres a guy on www.reefcentral.com who bought from them and doesnt notice a difference between theirs and the expensive stuff...good news!

[saltjunkie]

yeah i got stuff from hellolights...
ill have to run over to rc and check out that reply......

[Samper]

I don't think that plant growing bulbs are the same thing as what is needed in the reef hobby. I'm pretty positive I've read that somewhere and will search for the thread.

[Samper]

Here is the link



MH lights used for Growing Plants

[saltjunkie]

thats true.. but if you look into the site.. they sell a 10 k bulb for aquariums and ushio bulds to use on these metal halide ballasts...???

[Samper]

I'd still want to be sure the par is up to par of you know what I mean.