MH reflectors? Lumenarc III mins?

[rz1a]

Thinking of going back to MH. I'm going to get Lumatek ballasts, thinking of getting the Lumenarc III Mini reflectors for a 75g tank. Would these be good reflectors? I was looking at the Lumenbright minis but they seem a little larger

http://reefdepot.net/store/catalog/lumenarc-iii-p-64.html

[Texreefer]

they are some of the best you can buy,, excellent light distribution

[rz1a]

Thanks Tex, now I just gotta find out if I can run all SE bulbs on these ballasts. I heard they're comparable to IceCap but has a better warranty and are 30 dollars cheaper.

[CoryDude]

Saw a set at a clients house. Mike's right, very good light distribution. The lights were 175W and I really thought they were 250W by the brightness.

Sounds like you already have the ballasts? If not, why not hook up a blue wave to those bad boy reflectors.

[rz1a]

300 bucks each ballast, sounds pretty expensive. Compared to 99 dollars for the Lumatek thats the same as an IceCap. Trying to reduce the cost as much as possible, I really do miss metal halide but not sure if I should go back to it or just buy new reflectors by IceCap, standoffs, and end caps for T5HO.

Lumatek with LumIII = ~458
Bluewave with LumIII= ~844
Redo T5HO= ~215

[rz1a]

unless the Bluewave is a dual ballast? Edit: *Marinedepot sells the dual ballast

Is there any advantage to running SE over DE? I know at least with DE you wont have damage the reflectors since itll have glass to protect it

[Bill S]

With DE bulbs you will have to have glass shielding.

I bought the lumenbrights over a year ago, and I'm still very happy with them.

[rz1a]

Bill, do you think itd be better cleaning the glass than scratching up the reflectors?

[Bill S]

Cleaning the glass is not a huge deal - but I found I had to clean the glass WAY more than the reflectors. I clean the reflectors every few months and the glass over my old pendants were more like every 2 weeks.

[cpreefguy]

I am also thinking about a 175w LAIII Mini Stealth pendant... Decisions, decisions...