What would you recommend?

[asbury030]

yea me and electricity dont get along at all i was shocked 2 times in one day and was one taking a fish tank light apart and man did it hurt.

 

[asbury030]

yea i agree with poiboy

 

[asbury030]

are custom sealifes MH any good?

 

[asbury030]

what is a ballast exactly?

 

[asbury030]

so if i got the customsealife MH what kind of ballast would i need?

 

[asbury030]

I think i will get the customsealife MH cause i has a fan built in it.

 

[asbury030]

well what kind of ballast should i get?

 

[asbury030]

is this a good MH?http://www.aquadirect.com/catalog/lighting/pc/pp.htm

 

[asbury030]

why wouldn't u take the 20k?

 

[asbury030]

and also where would u get the two acinics from?

 

[balashark21]

if you are good with wood working skills go to hellolights web site and order a cusom retrofit kit. then just build a hood to go with it. thats what i did. the lights arrive on the 3rd
also just bye actinic bulbs from a lfs but make sure you get the right size.one more thing you wouldnt want the 20k cuz if you have a 20k+actinic pc's then that would be wayyy too blue. 10k is a nice white then supplimented with the actinics would give a really good color of partially blue tinted white

 

[asbury030]

oh ok.

 

[asbury030]

so u are sayin put actinics where the power compacts are right.

 

[asbury030]

and you want me to put both actinics instead of those power compacts,and how many watts should the actinics be??

 

[asbury030]

well which one would u pick?

 

[stargazer]

i read your post and i have 3 cust.sealife pedents on my 125 2x175 and 1x250 mine came with balests and 32wt pcs hope this helps

 

[asbury030]

what all do u have in ur tank?

 

[asbury030]

That is a nice lookin tank,and thank u for all ur info.