metal halide

[reefnewb1982]

Hello im lookin for a metal halide setup .im not happy with the mistake I made with my leds .I hope someone out there has some theyd be willing to part with at a fair price as I am on a very limited income due to being laid off thank you all and god bless .

odst ranger 82nd airborne 3rd combat brigade

 

[mainereefer]

Hello im lookin for a metal halide setup .im not happy with the mistake I made with my leds .I hope someone out there has some theyd be willing to part with at a fair price as I am on a very limited income due to being laid off thank you all and god bless .

odst ranger 82nd airborne 3rd combat brigade

thanks for your service!

 

[reefnewb1982]

Thanks for your support. Thats a awesome bubble on your avatar .

 

[flint]

NC Boy

What wattage are you looking for.Brad

 

[reefnewb1982]

Honestly dont know much about halides my wife saw some and has been bugging me about getting some cause the tank she saw was so so much brighter than ours lol so the brighter the better im assuming?

 

[reefnewb1982]

pic

Here what mine looks like right now

 

[gcrawford]

Might want to consider heat.... Chillers are $$, plus utility bills added up for me with halides. Have you considered reefbreeder lighting? I've had them on two tanks for a year now and they paid for themselves with my utility bill savings. Plus I got to sell the chillers. Tanks are thriving.

 

[reefnewb1982]

Reef breeders leds ?

 

[gcrawford]

Yes, they are LED. Watching the sun go down and the moon come out right now on my tanks...

 

[reefnewb1982]

I got one set of leds 3 watts per led 55 leds 165 watt total plus im using 2 36 inch current orbit leds eith ramp lighting pro and the on top of that I got t5 vho 10 k bulbs but even with all that my tank did not look nothing like what the halides looked like in that guys tank I was blown away

 

[nazzman]

I know people swear by LEDs I run halides switched to LED those only lasted 5weeks went back to my halides IMO halides are far superior

 

[gcrawford]

Yes, I like the look of mh too. I just couldn't deal with the heat issues for my situation. I'll bet they would be fine in a northern climate or basement situation. I'm in the southeast with high humidity and summer temps in the high 90s. Not a good fit for mh.

 

[reefnewb1982]

Im m st hoping my monti doesn't die ive lost one a while back due to lighting I think

 

[reefnewb1982]

I hear you on that one im from south texas its crazy hot .just today it was 96 and real feel like 106

 

[gcrawford]

So, if you go mh, might consider a chiller too. It can be done of that's the way you want to go. Best of luck!

 

[reefnewb1982]

Hopefully ill find a job soon and thenbill get me some metal halides

 

[gcrawford]

A pic with my reefbreeder setup...

 

[reefnewb1982]

Have you tested with a par meter on those leds?

 

[gcrawford]

I have not.

 

[mainereefer]

Have you tested with a par meter on those leds?

yup I actually sold reefbreeders their par meter lol