Xref: utzoo sci.electronics:3210 sci.physics:3717 rec.pets:2988 misc.wanted:2533 misc.consumers:5572 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!killer!gladys!rbdc!andy From: andy@rbdc.UUCP (Andy Pitts) Newsgroups: sci.electronics,sci.physics,rec.pets,misc.wanted,misc.consumers Subject: Re: Need information about metal halide lights Keywords: Metal halide lights Message-ID: <529@rbdc.UUCP> Date: 3 Jul 88 21:40:33 GMT References: <523@rbdc.UUCP> <2589@kitty.UUCP> Reply-To: andy@rbdc.UUCP (Andy Pitts) Organization: Red Barn Data Center Lines: 23 In article <2589@kitty.UUCP> larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) writes: >In article <523@rbdc.UUCP>, andy@rbdc.UUCP (Andy Pitts) writes: >> I want to build a light hood for a marine aquarium. This requires intense >> light with a spectrum that closely matches the sun. The best results seem >> to be with metal halide arc lamps. Commercially available units sell for >> about $400.00 and use 2 175 watt lamps. > > "Marine aquarium", indeed! Do you think that you can fool the Net >with that story? Why, we all know that metal halide lamps are used indoors >for only ONE purpose: to grow mary-wanna! Believe it or not, I really am using this for a marine aquarium (David Dalton will verify that). I have a 55 gal tank and am building a trickle filter. I have had a marine system running for about 5 years and am doing improvements. Several people have suggested "High Times". It is strange, I was not aware of the publication (which is really weird because I worked at a drug clinic for about 2 years in the late 60's) I may have to check it out (1/2 :-) ). Thanks for the information. It was just what I needed. -- Andy Pitts andy@rbdc.UUCP : "The giant Gorf was hit in one eye by a stone, att \ : and that eye turned inward so that it looked kd4nc !gladys!rbdc!andy : into his mind and he died of what he saw there." pacbell/ : --_The Forgotten Beast of Eld_, McKillip--