Metal Halide Lights

[casey]

If I wanna get Metal Halide lights do they come in tubes or bulbs and I want 450 watts for a 75 gal. Should I get 225 or one 450 watt bulb. On a web site it shows this 400W 20,000-Ushio "New Product. It is $79. Am I getting ripped of with this cuz everywhere else it is like $600. If anyone has time to check this out to see if its a good deal please reply. http://www.hellolights.com/400watt.html

 

[nicenakago]

hmmm...
not exactally what I am in the market for... but do look like reasonable prices...
Compare with this site...
http://www.aquaticlight.com/index.html

 

[richard rendos]

Casey...that is the bulb price only. You need to look at a retro fit unit with a ballast, a mogul socket, bulb, etc. Metal halides will not run without the proper ballast assembly. Check out this page.
http://www.reeffanatic.com/cgi-bin/m...late=&&start=8
Look at the single and dual 400 watt retro kits. Also check out the 250 watt retros.

 

[dburr]

MH come in 175w, 250w, and 400w. Unless you go with double ended, then the price goes up.
Bulbs are $100 or less. A retro is $400-$500. The whole set up will run you aleast $600. But this all depends on where you shop.
DIY will be $200-$300 for a 2 light setup.
Your 75gal is 4ft long right? You will need a 2 light set up.
175w is OK but 250w would be real nice, but it'll heat up your tank also, keep that in mind.
HTH, good luck.

 

[casey]

If a 250 will heat up my tank then How do I keep It cool. Also whats DIY. If u have any cheap sites send them here. R these mh lights really worth it. If I pc's will they work the same. Also If I have other low light corals will they be affected by this light for better or worse?

 

[chris l]

Try ----. You can get cheap retro kits on there. All halides will heat up your tank but you can buy small fans to help keep things cooler. DIY=Do it yourself

 

[casey]

If I want A blue florescent color light to bring to colors out of my corals what degree of Kalvin do I need (12,000). Also If found the retrofit kits for $150. But It clives u a lamp that is almost has long as the bulb. Wont this heat and Light one area?

 

[chris l]

I have one 175 watt 12k bulb on my 44 gal. It is blue in color. It did heat the water until I put a fan in my canopy, now it isn't too bad. I am also in the process of putting another 250 watt MH in and will add another fan for more air flow over the water surface.

 

[krusk]

Casey
is this something you want to do?
It has 2 x 175 MH and 2 x 110 VHO (Super Actinic)
This lighting system is for my 75G tank

 

[demosthenes]

If you want a good bulb that will last you a long time, has great color, and is cheap, then get the Xanium 15K bulb. It is German-made, and a 400W MH bulb is only $65 right now. That is really cheap! I tried one out and won't use anything but. It's a perfect bulb, plus, because of the Kelvin, you don't need any actinic supplementation, IMO. The bulb is atHelloLights.com

 

[casey]

WEHAT TYPE OF HOLDER DO i GET FOR BULBS LIKE THESE?

 

[ironreef]

I thought xanium bulbs were chinese bulbs.? What ever bulb you get get german of Japanese IMO

 

[demosthenes]

To tell you the truth, I'm not sure anymore what type of bulb it is. I believe I read somewhere that it was German-made bulb, but I'm not sure where, if, I read it anywhere.