would this work the same???

[thrasher]

lookin for thoughts on the metal halide flood lights that home depot sells, the 175 watt and the 400 watt.

[vmiller]

Find out the color temperature of the bulb before you buy them. The halides typically used to light reefs are between 6500 K and 20000 K. Anything below 10000 K tends to make your tank look yellowish without actinic supplementation.

I'd also question the effectiveness of the reflectors.

Also, $200 (for the 400W) isn't the greatest deal. For a little more, you can get a setup more suited for an aquarium. You can probably get a better setup for even cheaper if you look at used stuff.

Hope that helps.
Vin

[thrasher]

any advice helps ^^

[greenman]

Some of those home depot bulbs are a nice white .... Altho thery dont have the best refeltors.....