Anyone have experience with coralvue, aqua medic, and icecap MH ballast?

[chris009]

I've finally narrowed my lighting down to these 3 ballast. These all come in a retro kit with bulbs and reflectors. The price of the coralvue is 451 plus tax. The cost of the aqua medic is 421 plus tax. The cost of the icecap is 491 plus tax. Anyone with knowledge about these ballast would be extremely helpful to helping me figure out the final part of my reef tank. Thanks alot.

 

[chris009]

These prices all are for 2x250 watt HQI setups

 

[tizzo]

My ballast is an ice cap, and it's reliable.
But as far as entire set-ups, the aqua medic is awesome. That's what I'm gonna gonna upgrade to one day.

 

[chris009]

Why do you think the aqua medic setup is nice? I would Pm you the website, but for some odd reason it isn't letting me do it.

 

[royal gang]

MH= pure ownage.

 

[royal gang]

Originally Posted by chris009
Why do you think the aqua medic setup is nice? I would Pm you the website, but for some odd reason it isn't letting me do it.
Moderators and admins can read your PM's... so there not really PM's lol.

 

[zoiescout]

I have icecap ballasts. I am very happy with them.

 

[tizzo]

Originally Posted by chris009
Why do you think the aqua medic setup is nice? I would Pm you the website, but for some odd reason it isn't letting me do it.

I turned off my pm cause I'm famous and everybody wants to pm me. haha
anyway, like the aquamedic for the sheer appearance of them. They are sleek looking, and they come from a reputable company, so finally a quality product that looks awesome. That's it, it's only for appearance.
Oh and DE's tend to bring out more color in the corals than SE (moguls)
In my tank my blue tort was pretty. Blue tips, bluish brown body, I gave a frag to a friend who had DE's, OMG, a month later, when he pointed out the coral (cause I didn't recognise it) I was stunned at how blue the entire thing had turned.
My lights are 14k 250 watts, his were 150 DE's not sure of the kelvin rating.