LIGHTING ??????????????

thelion

thelion

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I have a 100 gal.reef with compact lighting that include, 2 atinics and 2 daylight all at 64 watts a piece. Plus I have a atinic and 10,000k daylight florecents at 40 watts a piece.I want to exchange my florecents for 2 metal halide bulbs on each side of the aquarium.The problem is, what watts should I put in it in order to do my corals really good? Also, I want to still use the reflector from the florecents but I can't seem to find out where to find the endcaps and ballasts sold seperatly for the halides. I want to hook up the ballast and endcaps on my owm.Any info. would be greatly appreciated.
thanks, Leo :rolleyes:
 
mr . salty

mr . salty

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There are plenty of sites out there that sell these components sepratly.Just have to do a little looking around. Using the flo reflector will be a problem though,I doubt if it's big enough for a MH bulb.Unless you get a blueline bulb(long and skinney) but that is still pushing it.These sites also sell reflectors. For a 100 gallon tank a pair of 175's would do nicely,but 250's would be a little better.I say "a LITTLE better" because the added heat produced by the 250"s will be a big problem...
 
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