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Brands. Oh lawdy!

Icecap is the best readily available electronic ballast for my money

Coralife are Ok but wimpy in comparison to Icecaps

Fulham ballasts work, they'er cheap, but generate a ton of heat so I dumped 'em!

URI makes fantastic VHO tubes w/ built in reflectors but are not cheap!

API cheap alternative andlast about 1/2 to 2/3 effectively

Pc's are fine, I just went with VHO's for more Watts per buck and HUGE savings on replacement tubes.

I prefer 10000K, 12000K, 50/50 Actinic , and .03 Actinic in combo.
10K's are yellow, 12's are white, 50/50 and ,.03 are bluish to blue
I can live without 10000K's for my eye but I like to give the tank a full load of spectrum!

I recently fitted a 90 reef (not mine) with 2 Fulhams, 8 caps, and 4- 48" URI and Coralife VHO's for about $170.

I'd upgrade by adding 2 halides is I felt it was necessary. right now I'm just cruising (floating as it were)