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Cheap 175 fixture w/ballast?


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LOL! No, I am confused. Too much comparison shopping :o

 

Yes, I will be sure to get HQI or Mogul sockets when I eventually buy one.

 

Sorry for the confusion.

 

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Since your comparison shopping (trying to save a buck or 2 I presume) your probly better off not buying that fixture. First off the bulb is probly not going to be the right spectrum (likely 4000k or below), so your basically paying 90 bucks for a ballast. Jahkaya had a thread showing how cheap you can diy a metal halide if you shop on ebay. Here it is.

 

If your gonna pay 90 bucks for a ballast, I'd at least shell out a little bit more and buy an Icecap. Just my 3 cents.

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Cool, thanks for the link Vn!

 

After looking around, I think that is what I may do... It's still in the planning stages- hell my tank only has one coral in it at the moment (I'm new to reefs, and have the bug bad)

 

I figure with a good MH pendant and a 10g sump (still designing it ;) I can bump my 5g up into a 20 or 30 pretty easily.

 

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