FS: 175w icecaps

manderx

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well, i upgraded from the 175s to 250s so i could run those 250w 12K reeflux bulbs i accidentally got- i ordered 175s but got 250s, i know i could have sent them back but i kinda wanted to bump up anyway.

i was hoping to hold onto the 175w setup so i could go back to it when i got tired of blue and wanted to go back to daylight, but i gotta sell it to justify spending what i did on the 250s.

i already sold 2 of them, so i have 2 more to sell. $80 each. they are just less than a year old (got them new in january) but the date sticker on the back has them as a year older than that from sitting on a shelf somewhere. i can dig up the invoice so you have a younger proof of age if you need any warranty work on them in the future.

i also have 2 (and maybe all 4) of the 175w iwasaki14K bulbs i was running on them. they are only 8 months old and still look fantastic and bright. i'd say they still have plenty of life in them, we can negotiate a fair price if you are interested in them as well. sps and some zoos look really good under these bulbs, but i'd want actinics or something bluer if you were going to put them over a zoo/lps dominated tank though.

i have no problem with letting anyone try them out for a week or two before deciding. and i'm sure i'll toss in a fair amount of frags to sweeten the deal (probably enough to be worth more than the lights themselves)....


this is them no actinics or edits, straight out of the camera and resized. they do look brighter in real life.
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and here's a really bad pic of what they looked like brand new over my 50 back then, you can see they haven't changed much. same auto camera settings, just film algae on the glass making it fuzzy.
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the icecap MH ballasts don't use a harness like the VHO ballasts do. halide sockets usually have their own attached wires with quick disconnects on the ballast end, so you just get a small pigtail adapter to attach to the ballast for whatever socket/reflector you use. so no, it's just the bare ballasts with a couple ~10" wires sticking out of it. though i'm not really looking to ship them so if you are interested, check back in 2 weeks to see if they are still for sale and i'll think about shipping. the frags and borrowing options are for locals only obviously.
 
Hey Matt , Tank looks great man , we are gonna have to take a trip up your way soon I just realized I hadn't seen it since you've set it up ....
 
thanks, it's getting there. still a few things bugging me (like no coralline) but i do smile every time i walk in the door. you got any pics of your setup? i wanna see what you've done with the 30BR. i really wish i had room for it and could have set it up here....
 
The 30 has finally been set up .......again ....going through some algae blooms and all , haven't got anything but some fish in it , so im guessing i'll give it another month or so to get settled. Finally figured out to get all of my tanks plumbed together and skimmer is up and running ... so it is a work in progress.
 
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