What do you guys think about this lighting system for my 29g biocube

[joker577]

http://cgi.ebay.com/24-Metal-Halide...tem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43a0165216



I know I want to go back to SPS and acans in the biocube but at the same time i didn't want to burn a hole in my wallet.. what do you guys think? I used to have a sunpod for my biocube back a couple years ago before I sold it and also had one for my 75 gallon but it just seems so pricy

 

[mcoomer]

I'm always leery of buying something that I can research and without any part or model number info you're left with only what's in the auction description. If it works well then you're getting a deal. I suppose if it doesn't work then you're out less than $200. My advice. Keep snooping around on craigslist and reefer sites and find something that has some history behind it.

Mike

 

[joker577]

Yeah, ebay has shafted me in the past and there isn't a number so true... I'm just looking for something that looks great, good on the wallet, and I won't have to worry about corals or an anemone

 

[FreakinReefin]

http://shop.aquatraders.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=54241

Try this one. It says it's 150w but you could always just use a 250w ballast and change the bulb. Plus it has T5's. Cruise that site. They are odyssea fixtures which are not top notch quality, however I have run a 48" fixture and I just switched out the bulb and ballasts and they work just as good as any.

 

[blk822822]

Thats a Odyssea fixture. I have one and it's pretty nice. But the NH bulbs are junk and you have to get a new bulb right away. They say 15K but are yellow. I was told the ballast need to be replaced so I got icecaps and found out that there ballast arn't the junkers they used befor and are pretty good. the Icecaps are not brighter than the ones that came with it. But replace the bulb right away.