Ballast went out and am Desperate PLEASE HELP

[nickxp]

I have a dual 250 ballast that one of the line outs has gone bad... I have the RMA from the manufacture but it is going to take 2+ weeks to get the replacement... I am looking for a nice soul that would let me borrow a spare ballast for a week or so... I dont have any back up lighting and am scared to death of letting my tank go 10+ days without light and losing all my corals... I am in the Indianapolis area and am in desperate situation... I would take anything to keep light in my tank while the ballast is being replace... 48 PC... a spare ballast... even a single 250 that i would alternate days on which side of my tank is lit... PLEASE HELP ME... I dont have the cash to go and get anything for temp use... ANY advice or help would be greatly greatly appreciated.. Thanks again fellow reefer Nick Stewart

 

[nickxp]

ALMOST FORGOT MY LIGHTING IS 250 HQI DE

 

[nickxp]

THANKS TO OUR AWSOME LFS UNCLES BILLS THEY HOOKED ME UP WITH A TEMP LIGHTING SYSTEM TO BORROW..... ANOTHER REASON THEY ARE A GREAT PLACE

 

[roundspore]

How did you manage that one? Did you get the ballast from them to begin with? That is awesome that the let you barrow there ballast. I have a 36 inch t5 not sure the watts I think its a 4 bulb fixture you could barrow or a 48inch pc 130 watt. let me know if you still need to barrow the lights. And some one correct me if I am wrong but I think that the coral would be fine for 10 days with out light. I would think that you would still have to acclimate the coral any way.

Michael Ferguson

 

[nickxp]

Thank you so much for the offer... they had a returned PC 48in 4 bulb unit that had a bad moon light in it which I have a moon strip anyway... that they were waiting to send back... called them up I am in there about 1 2 times a week... said I could borrow it untill I get my ballast back... They won me over big time with that... but thank you again for the offer.... I knew my fellow reefers would save the day