Anyone have any experience with these?

[louherz]

I posted a question about MH lighting last week and Bound_for_OBX sent me this site. All looks good to me, but I am very inexperienced. I would like your opinion on if this would be a good purchase. I have a 36" power compact now and was thinking about going for MH, but the price was pretty steep. Here is the site. http://aquarium.union.rpi.edu/articles/DIY_MH.html

Thanks, Louis

[acid_burn]

Looks good to me, but I am still a newb at this stuff. Better wait for a more experienced answer, if these are for real...man did I over pay!!!

Rich

[reefrunner69]

It will work fine. Just make sure that even though the mv ballast will make it look bluer to the human eye, it's still **** yellow. This is easily offset with plenty of actinic lighting though and the iwasakis are noted for their high PAR value and growth rates in stoney corals.

[captivereefs]

Take a look at the coralvue retro kits. They come with an electronic ballast, reflector and bulb for $199

[scuba_steve]

better yet

http://oceanencounter.com/Merchant2/...ory_Code=EVCEB

[ellisz]

sometimes ebay is decent. I am going the MH route but I decided to get electronic ballasts since they can run more bulbs and are quieter.