ReefDiver Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 I'm building a diy hood for a 15L and I purchased an Aromat 70w Electronic Ballast from Ebay last week. I was looking for a 70w MH bulb (preferrably Ushio) that I could use with the ballast. My balllast says it fires M139, M143 or M98 bulbs. The only 70 watt 10k bulbs I've able to find are at hellolights.com and specialtyoptical.com. The Ushio's at both sites say they use an M85 ballast. My question is will the ballast I have work with these lights. ??? Thanks Reefdiver Link to comment
jojopus Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 yep. I have the aromat ballast and a 70 watt 10k ushio from hellolights and its been running like a champ for 6 months now. Link to comment
ReefDiver Posted March 17, 2004 Author Share Posted March 17, 2004 Thanks Jojopus, I didn't want to burn the house down:) Link to comment
onthefly Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 Same boat as jojo.......works great! Link to comment
ReefDiver Posted March 17, 2004 Author Share Posted March 17, 2004 Thanks onthefly...I Think I'll pick up another aromat ballast and add 55watt PC actinics, get a 20L and use my 15L as a sump/ refuge. Then I'll have 140 watts MH and 55 watts actinic. Should get me where I want to be. ReefDiver 75g planted Discus tank 29g Angel tank 5 gallon Nano reef at work 20L with 15L sump.fuge, Custom DIY MH Halide/PC's and DIY stand in the works. Diving, aquariums and Maine Coons Feeling good is good enough Link to comment
DSparks Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 I'm running a 70W DE on my 10g. I chose to go with the Aqualine AB 10,000K. It really runs closer to 13,000K, giving a bluer color to the tank. This bulb is more expensive, but I've heard nothing but great things about it. Although if you are supplementing that much actinic then I'd probably go with the Ushio too. GL! Link to comment
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