lighting

[fishtankrob]

I am looking into getting some new lighting. i have a 75 gal with hood. i currently have the coral life quad 65. i want to keep more reef stuff. i dont want to spend more than $300. I guess that is it, thanks.

[Buster]

I probably will have a double vho light system if you want to buy it. I have two vho's for it also.

[fishtankrob]

so how many watts would that add?

[Buster]

Between the two that would be 190watts, they are 95watts per bulb.

[matt]

I would suggest that you go to hellolights and look at the DIY kits for MH lighting. I think you can get a 250W ballast, unwired and with no box, and a socket/spider reflector for about $75. You need 2 of these, and get 2 iwasakis for another about $120 for both. that leaves you $30 to buy a couple of boxes and some wire at home depot, and you should be able to have a nice 2 X 250W set up for around $300. I don't know what the corallife quad you have is, but I'm assuming it's some sort of PC set up. You can use that for actinic support for the iwasakis. There is a PC actinic bulb out there, and it's not too bad. Not as nice as vhos, but perfectly functional and you already own the set up, you just need the bulbs.

HTH
Matt

[fishtankrob]

does anyone have any MH light they might be willing to sell?