hydroponic MH for fish?

[350nine]

Hi, wondering if I can use hydroponic metal halides for my reef tank? I found a pair of lights at a great deal used by a medicinal marijuana grower parting out his system(yeah,I live in San Francisco. this place is crawling with potheads). I think plant lights uses a lower rating so I may need to get 10k-14k bulbs? But other than that it's the same electronics,right?

[SCR]

Yes they will work, I have a pair of lights from a warehouse.
Just change out the bulbs.

[miwoodar]

They should work fine with the bulbs of a reef spectrum. What are the specs on the ballasts?

[350nine]

I haven't seen the ballasts yet. There is a grower in my area taking down a farm and selling all these light fixtures. I will go down there and check it out this weekend. These are pendant lights. Thanks for your response. If these work out I will post here so others will know about them.

[luke33]

They work, you just have to match the ballast to the bulb's. And the reflector's generally aren't nearly as good.

[grigsy]

It will work but you will likely want to change the bulbs. The hydroponic MH bulbs are about 4K. It will look really yellow in color.

[350nine]

Yeah the seller mentioned 4K for vegging. I will switch out to 14K. Thanks all and happy holidays to you and your tank.