Home Depot 150W MH

[hillbillyreefer]

Are you sure it was MH, and not halogen? Fifteen bucks for any MH light sounds awful cheap.

[Murminator]

Originally Posted by hillbillyreefer

Are you sure it was MH, and not halogen? Fifteen bucks for any MH light sounds awful cheap.

It may have been I just walked by and seen a 150W all had doubled ended bulb thought wow cheap alternative

[parkinsn]

That will be a double ended quartz halogen, little work light for $15.

A halogen may work but it is in the daylight spectrum and you may get more algae growth than you want. I do know a guy that uses a halogen light that has the little 20w bulbs and T5HO lights. the little halogen lights are used to brighten the tank for viewing not for penetration anything. You do get a nice shimmer effect and the T5's get the penetration so in a combination I would think it would work out, I'd be ready for a algae bloom. I have never tried it my self you can also get little blue halogen bulbs that maybe good for moon lights.

Bill

[Lampshade]

I've been running a $10 ebay 175W 15K bulb for 6 months now, Only have LPS/softies in my tank, but they've all been growing GREAT, all my LPS have grown double in size in the past 6 months. No change from my xm bulb I had before, i'd say if you want a cheap light do that instead. Depends on what you have in your tank i'm sure, but they've worked great for me so far, and i plan on buying more for next time.

[Snaz]

You will need an electronic ballast I think. Here is a link to a much used DIY MH project on nano-reef.com as I think it will answer some questions.
http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/inde...ded&pid=880190

[hillbillyreefer]

Originally Posted by Lampshade

I've been running a $10 ebay 175W 15K bulb for 6 months now, Only have LPS/softies in my tank, but they've all been growing GREAT, all my LPS have grown double in size in the past 6 months. No change from my xm bulb I had before, i'd say if you want a cheap light do that instead. Depends on what you have in your tank i'm sure, but they've worked great for me so far, and i plan on buying more for next time.

MH or halogen?

[Murminator]

Was at HD had a second look and it is a halogen light

[Snaz]

Originally Posted by Murminator

Was at HD had a second look and it is a halogen light

These fixtures need only an external ballast ($30) and a proper bulb to be MH device. See my link above.