retrofit kits

[cavipower1]

i was browsing ebay and saw some retro fit metal halide kits for some alright prices and was wondering wat you all might think of them

175watt retro
http://cgi.ebay.com/175W-Metal-Halide-Electronic-Retrofit-Kit_W0QQitemZ190162232802QQihZ009QQcategoryZ46314Q QrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQ_trksidZp1638.m118.l1247QQ cmdZViewItem

250watt retro
http://cgi.ebay.com/250W-Metal-Halide-Electronic-DE-Retrofit-Retro-fit-Kit_W0QQitemZ190179770681QQihZ009QQcategoryZ46314Q QrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQ_trksidZp1638.m118.l1247QQ cmdZViewItem

i dont know wat they usually go for but i thought that was a reasonable price and having metal halide lighting. ohter than that would 250watts be too much for my 20L? i have a crocea clam and its doing fine under 196watts of pc lights but i love how MH lights look was thinking of t5's but the shimmer looks too good!

[JimD]

Might wanna check out this link. They have impecable customer service, I know nothing about the ebay seller..
http://www.hellolights.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=558

[glennr1978]

I bought the same 250w kit from hellolights. I run it with a pheonix 14k bulb, and I like it alot. I think I paid $225 total, including shipping.

[cavipower1]

thats a good price, how much was shipping? oh and for my 20L would i be okay with just 150watts with a clam? BTW hows that 14k bulb? i wanted something something with a nice blue tone to it

[ismvel]

I was looking earlier and saw a banner and saw the Hello Lights are currently offering free shipping for MH....don't know all the particulars...

[RedDragon]

here's where I'm goona get my lights from 100% positive feedback.... even come with 12k reeflux light blub or 10k best deal I've seen anywhere!!
http://stores.ebay.com/Reef-Aquarium-Lighting

[joelb]

150 is great for your 20g, even with a clam. the 14k pheonix bulb is pretty blue....i have 2 150 watt 14,000k pheonix bulbs in my 38 gallon and this is the pic but 20k is extra blue, kind of dim.
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/joelb69/DSC01277.jpg

[cavipower1]

wow very nice coloration 14k it is then lol

[glennr1978]

yeah, I really like the coloring of the pheonix 14k. Not to mention my corals are growing like weeds under it. Those kits that are posted in the ebay link don't look too bad either. Although I have no experience with reeflux bulbs.