VHO Ballast

[fishtanker]

I've been looking at VHO ballast's for my 125gal and am trying to find one that would power 4, 6foot bulbs, i believe that they are 130w or 160w. i'm not to familiar with VHO so any input would help.
any ideas?

 

[bang guy]

You're going to need two VHO ballasts. I don't know of any that can power that many 6' bulbs (160 watt).
I'm very fond of IceCap 660's but with that kind of output you might want to consider 3 250 watt MH's.

 

[murray bmf]

The ice cap 660 can power about 16 foot of bulb. This can be done in any combination, four 4 ft bulds, 2 6 foots, etc.... Depending on the dimensions of your tank, you caould stagger them and still cover most of the tank. The other option is 2 ballasts with 4 bulbs. I have a 4 bulb set upt which powers 4 110 watt bulbs, but I only have 75 gallons. I have heard rumers of people powering more than 2 six foot bulbs, but I've NEVER actually seen it done. (sorta like big foot) HTH.

 

[bang guy]

My display has six 6' VHO bulbs lit by two IceCap 660's. It's been running that way for 3 years with no problems.

 

[murray bmf]

I stand corrected, learn something new everyday

 

[cindyski]

i am in the EXTREME early stage of setting up a 125 gal reef, i was recommened by another poster to use 4-4' VHO's
if you want to look up the thread (& maybe have any advice for my situation ) you can find it under new hobbiest- advise please
i also have a couple pics posted there.