Coralife Metal Halide Pendant Fixture

peef

peef

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I have 5, 250w MH Pendant fixtures if you want to save some money. They are good!!!
 
al mc

al mc

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I have two. One over each of my refugiums/coral propogation areas. they work well and have been reliable.
 
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jrthomas40

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what size tank do you have and what are you wanting to achieve with the pendants? just a light source or are you going to want some actinics for "dusk-dawn"effect??...i have seen pendants in the LFS that look really good and work for the purpose...i started to get some and put in my canopy
 
al mc

al mc

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Clown...If you might go with actinics in the future you might want to consider an integrated lighting system up front that has a single MH with actinics and/or T5 or PC lights. There are several manufactureres..like
Current's Outer Orbit series that could do everything....just a thought
 
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jrthomas40

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nothing real big different...there are 2 types of metal halides....1)mogul based which is has the single end like most light bulbs....2) hqi which are double ended and are "supposed" to run slightly cooler and last a little longer...they are smaller and more compact...the effect is the same for both just personal peference...oh and hqi's run off a different type of "lighting compound" opposed to the mogul based....i like my hqi's but i like the color of the tanks at LFS's when i go to them and they are almost always mogul based...that is about all i know maybe someone else can chime in
 
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jrthomas40

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Originally Posted by Clownfishlover
How 'bout the Aqualight Advanced Series HQI Metal Halide Fixture?
Also what is the difference between MH and HQI?

i hear these are good fixtures for an all in one type deal
 
rgf1046

rgf1046

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I have one of the Coralife fixtures over my 29gallon and like it, I just bought another to put the side by side to cover the whole width of the tank. Definite upgrade from CF
 
saltywhit67

saltywhit67

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I have a 15g tall eclipse. I am thinking of buying one of these as a major upgrade in lighting. Do you guys think 150w would be too much for a 15? I was going to do a 96w pc "Quad" retrofit into my current hood but I do not know if it will fit for sure.
 
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