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lighting for a 180 [Archive] - Saltwater Aquariums - Reef Tanks Online Discussion

brian

01-28-2003, 01:31 AM

someone gave me 12 old streetlights that were mh ballest are 1-400watt . I was going to use the 3 of them with 3 400watt 10000k bulbs a 220 actinic pc bulbs will this work and if so how long do i run the mh .thanks for any help u can offer

Irisservice

01-28-2003, 11:16 AM

Yes it will work. I would run the HM for 8 Hours and the PC for 10 Hours.

Irisservice

01-29-2003, 11:55 PM

I heard of people using these. Do you have any photos of what they look like?

on_fire_8

01-30-2003, 01:45 AM

Ya, you may be able to make some money on the extra ballasts.

brian

01-30-2003, 10:47 PM

this is the reflecters after i put them them together for the size of tank and ballest

brian

01-30-2003, 10:50 PM

ballest i need to build a box for them

Irisservice

01-30-2003, 10:50 PM

Cool setup.

What bulbs are in there?

brian

01-30-2003, 10:53 PM

thats the old bulbs that where in them used them to check ballest

Irisservice

01-30-2003, 10:59 PM

OK so what bulbs are you looking to put in?

brian

01-30-2003, 11:04 PM

3 400 watt 10000k and on both sides of the middle light im going to put 2 pc and 1 on each side of end lights