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Originally Posted by BCOrchidGuy
Steve can you be more specific please... (joke)
I've been hearing that a 150w HQI is more equivelent to a 175 SE MH and a 250HQI is comparable to a SE 400w MH. What's the low down, would a 250 HQI be to much for say a 3ft 50 gallon tank?
Doug
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depends
if you are using DE bulbs or SE bulbs on the HQI ballast, also depends on what 400's you are comparing to, the only 400 watt set up I have measured ( out of 4) that out preforms my 250's were an iwasaki and they were slightly higher. do a search on my old posts on lighting output or something like that, my test results should still be on here. a few other things you need to answer are, how deep is a 50 gal tank? how much rock you got in it? how much sand.. ect.. personally I don't think a 250 HQI ballast is to much for any tank and depending on the bulb selection (DE or SE) you could get away with 1 in a 3 foot tank, if you use DE's you will need two pretty much.
Steve
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