zizmans Posted March 27, 2003 Share Posted March 27, 2003 I was at a used electronics place today, and I'm having the guy look in his warehouse over the next week for MH's. He mentioned Sodium lights? What are they? Are they usable with an aquarium? Link to comment
jojopus Posted March 27, 2003 Share Posted March 27, 2003 high pressure sodium lights arent acceptable for reefing purposes...way to much yellow in the output. If you have to have high intensity discharge lights the only way to go is Metal Halide due to the colors the bulbs are manufactured in....i.e. higher color temps like above 6500 kelvin. Link to comment
zizmans Posted March 27, 2003 Author Share Posted March 27, 2003 I'm just curious. What were MH's originally manufactured for? I figured the sodiums were a no-go, as I've never heardread about them before but I thought I'd ask, thanks for the info. Link to comment
OscarBeast Posted March 27, 2003 Share Posted March 27, 2003 On a side note, you can use some cheap mercury vapor ballasts to power MH bulbs though... Link to comment
SaltyDawg Posted March 28, 2003 Share Posted March 28, 2003 Metal halides were developed for plant growth. Like for big time florist's and for green houses. Then they started experimenting with color temps and aquaria. Plus they were developed for parking lot lighting and so on. Link to comment
deacon hemp Posted March 30, 2003 Share Posted March 30, 2003 You can run mh bulbs off hps ballasts and it runs it like a super mh bulb,drains the life of the bulb thou.i've done it in non aquarium applications!. edit-sorry sorry it's the other way around my bad Link to comment
Nishant3789 Posted March 30, 2003 Share Posted March 30, 2003 yea they were originally meant for stadium lights and parking lots. Link to comment
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