good brand of metal halide light

[nch3144]

Im fairly new at keeping corals.Ive kept fwlr before so i know all about testing the water and making sure everything is good. I also only use ro water. I want to start keeping all corals(softies,lps,sps).What is a good brand of metal halide that i can buy that wont break the bank?

 

[sign guy]

tell us more about your tank
size
what you want to keep
tank mates and filtration
btw welcome to the boards

 

[nch3144]

i have a 46 bowfront with 75-100 lbs of lr and 90 lbs of ls. i have 2 percs,1 flame hawk,50 blue leg hermits,10 nassarius snails. i want to keep all types of corals. i run a aqua remora c skimmer and pc lighting.thanks for the welcome.

 

[chilwil84]

for a 46 bow front a pendent or mount on tank edge fixture would be good i think the coralife 250 mh mount on edge is resonable ice cap and current both make pendents if you want to hang one from your ceiling

 

[sign guy]

you have a center brace through your tank so youll need to stradle the brace with two seprate MH's Like chilwil said coralife is a good brand and fairly cheap but youd have to get the 150 watt pendent insted

 

[dawman]

Originally Posted by sign guy
you have a center brace through your tank so youll need to stradle the brace with two seprate MH's Like chilwil said coralife is a good brand and fairly cheap but youd have to get the 150 watt pendent insted
I have a 55 and 75 with center braces and don`t get any shadow with using one bigger light than two separate lights .

 

[glowplug]

I have heard good things about aquamedic lights, they look cool too.