Cheap lighting HQI... to good to be true?

[ScubaSteve]

The fixture itself looks like a coralife aqualight pro knock off. From the pctures the actinic reflectors look just like the coralife. I can't quite tell what the MH reflector looks like. My gut feeling is that this is a Chinese knock off of the original fixture... And a decent looking one at that. The price isn't too far off that for a decent coralife fixture.

The ballast is UL certified (good) and is probably alright but could be replaced if needs be.

As for the bulbs, jury is out there but at $14 the price is almost in significant and it doesn't hurt to try.

In my opinion, a lot of lighting systems get by on hype. If it looks like a decent build it'll probably cut the mustard. The only thing you MIGHT find in low build quality/poor finishing.