anyone have a vho ballast free or cheap?

[davidandliz]

so we are going to forfeit our halide idea and instead we are going to get 5 vho's72 inch... but its going to be over 200 dollars for new ballasts. we are already going to be putting money into making the hood and now the new lights are going to be about 175$.

so if anyone has a old or junky vho ballast lying around for cheap or possible for free that would be great.

thanks to anyone who can help

 

[Tank Predator]

give pepshrimp a try he has a set up

 

[davidandliz]

bump

 

[cccapt]

I just bought an electronic ballast that fires 2 6' VHO's for $50 from www.ballastwise.com.

 

[kaptken]

never heard of that previous place, but sounds promising. only other good ballast would be an Icecap 430 that runs 2 of those 6 foot lamps. but you would need 3 of them. not cheap.

after you pick some ballasts, harnesses and endcaps and mounts, you can get your lamps here where i get mine.
http://www.aquariumlamps-factorydirect.com/
get the ones with internal reflectors.

 

[davidandliz]

thanks for the link ken... i will def check it out.

 

[davidandliz]

thanks for the link ken... i will def check it out.

liz

 

[davidandliz]

i appreciated it so much... i had to thank you twice i guess