BristolBulldog

I want high output lighting without the heat, and energy cost of MH.

i was thinking of making a custom rack with a row of these in.

Apparently Metal Hailde heeat your tank up, the room, and generally eat electric, and normal flourescents (long tube) are hard to get the amount of output you require for the tank surface area you have to play with. I could go flourescent, but the idea of using energy saving bulbs sounds unique, and rather novel.

Any opinions on this one?

BristolBulldog

or just to add, maybe something like this, multiple times?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/150-Warm-White...QQcmdZViewItem

bhcaaron

Did you ever find out if this works?