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andretti
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My son loves this hobby so much he wanted a tank to call his own, so I agreed. We had most of the pieces needed for a simple 40 gallon reef. Anything he wanted I would help him buy 50/50. He only had to save up another $20 or so to pay for his share of Corallife's twin bulb 220 watt VHO ballast. To make a long story short, he bought Jebo's 36" lighting system from the famous auction site. It (claimed) to have atinics (2), and (2)5000K bulbs. The "actinics" were nothing more than a blue light. Nothing close to an actinic spectrum. This "lighting system" lasted for three months before it began shorting out. The only positive to come of this was a valuable lesson for my 12 year old, and that is... you get what you pay for. I told him what did you expect when all of the other ballast/retro kits on the market are about $180 or so (for what he needed). And he gets this for $67 dollars...bulbs included!!!
Thats about what the bulbs cost alone