Metal Halide Lighting

[xzavier1985]

I have a 6 g nano cube reef tank and i am looking to upgrade my lighting to a 70 W metal halide system. can anyone tell me some good products to look in to that are 70 watts or less. i looked into the 70 w jbj viper but i've read some bad reviews. i need help??

 

[reefman23]

You could look into the illuming.com 70 watt MH retro and build it into some sort of canopy... http://www.illuming.com/catalog/product ... cfbbe9160f

Jesse

 

[NanoReefaholic]

If you don't want the Viper I'd look into the Sunpod.

 

[xzavier1985]

i need something reliable and i know if i build it myself it just wont come out right. what type should i get also. i know there are variaties like 14 k 10 k? i want a light that has a bright white with a little blue in it?

 

[NanoReefaholic]

Then you want a 14K lamp.

 

[reefman23]

Kelvin ratings vary soooo much from brand to brand and wattage to wattage and ballast to ballast that it is very difficult to use that as a basis. A 150 watt DE 14,000k hamilton on a magnetic ballast is less blue than a 150 watt DE 14,000k Phoenix is.

I have personally ran the 70 watt Astalux and it was a nice blue color, not overwhelmingly blue though. The Ushios tend to be more white.

 

[NanoReefaholic]

So true but that what 14K is "suppose to" be. I have had 20K's that were whiter than a 14K, they look exactly like 10K.

 

[drty811]

i have the viper light and it works great. in the beginning there where problems with a bad batch of bulbs, now they have it fixed. i have had mine since they came out. really happy with the way JBJ handled customer service. they sent me four different bulbs until it was fixed, never had to pay a dime. only down fall to the set-up is the large remote ballast, its kind of hard to hide under small tank set ups.

 

[parrotlover]

I'm not sure what the bad Viper reviews say, but I bought mine used and have been using it for over a year. It works great.

 

[rip09]

Fishneedit.com have a resonable pendant for 109.oo w/bulbs etc