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Old September 15th, 2006, 05:24 AM
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q on lighting

I'm looking into some different lighting options and i want to go metal halides. heard this was the best for corals and thats eventually the goal. saw something that caught my attention from champion lighting and was wondering what thoughts were about this. its a light fixture called
sunpod 2X150W 14K HQI. what's your thougths on this and what exactly it is.

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Re: q on lighting

HQI is a type of ballast that is commonly used with Double Ended Metal Halide Bulbs.

I can't personaly speak for that exact model as I haven't personally used it.

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Re: q on lighting

well does anyone think that this is a good lighting fixture? does it seem like it would do the job?

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