96 Powerquad vs DE 70 watt

[Treevore]

I am having a dilemma. I am going to set up a 10 gallon SPS and ricordea nano this summer. I have two choices for lighting:

1) Spend $100 on a 70 watt DE MH setup, plus $20 for a 36 watt actinic bulb to put into a prebuilt $30 AHSupply hood which would be hung as a pendant from the ceiling (I already have the ballast and reflector for the PC).

2) Spend $45 on a powerquad bulb, $30 on the AHSupply canopy (again, hung from ceiling, and again, I have a ballast that will run 96 watts), and $20 on the new reflector.

 

So, for the metal halide with a total of $150 I could have 106 watts, 70 of which are metal halide.

 

Or, for the PC, I could have 96 watts for $95.

 

I can afford the $150, but I would rather pay less. Remember, I want to keep acros, montis, and ricordea happily. What do you think?

 

Thanks for reading all this

[coral reef]

i am sure you already know the ansewer and its mh all the way

[Treevore]

Yes... I did figure that. But I want to make sure to get plenty of opinions because, after all, $55 is a big difference for only 18 watts.

[KrackerG]

IMO, run both! I run a 70w MH and 2 40w PC actinics on my 10g