how many bulbs??

[Zacktosterone]

Reflectors are same..but pm have active cooling better and structural is much much heavy and beautiful ..so price is higher

Zon am I detecting an accent in that post?
Anyway I'm not sure if I want to go 10 bulb or 12. I wish someone had a decent used 10 bulb powermodule they would like to sell or trade. Because I'm stick with having to buy two fixtures.

 

[Savoie83]

You can have reflector, balast and bulbs here.
http://www.reefsupplies.ca/online-store/Metal-Halide/

 

[Zacktosterone]

You can have reflector, balast and bulbs here.
http://www.reefsupplies.ca/online-store/Metal-Halide/

That's good. But I don't want to retrofit!! It'll look ugly

 

[Dapg8gt]

Reflectors are same..but pm have active cooling better and structural is much much heavy and beautiful ..so price is higher

Gotta disagree with the reflectors being the same. I own both and they may be similar in the material but they are definitely different.
But that's neither here nor there , they are both hands down imo the best you can get.

 

[ZON]

The difference in two kind of reflectors are only angle and holes for fix..pm are not screwed.. I have both and prefer powermodule at all..

 

[Chris Lakies]

There is not that much PAR difference between the PM and Sunpower.....

 

[ZON]

Yes is true.. All are best output fixtures.. Par is very high in both

 

[Zacktosterone]

So I guess now I should ask. What will look good over my tank now.... I don't think two sunpowers would look that great

 

[Chris Lakies]

Dont think so? Look at reply #92. They use PM's but you get the idea.....

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2342739&page=4

 

[jdraider75]

8 bulb with reef brite strips front and back.

 

[FoothillCorals]

An 8-bulb SunPower with two Reef Brite LED strips will cover 30".

 

[FoothillCorals]

8 bulb with reef brite strips front and back.

That's funny, I think we both posted that at the same time.

 

[Dapg8gt]

So I guess now I should ask. What will look good over my tank now.... I don't think two sunpowers would look that great

I think it depends on how you hang them, but like the thread linked it can look great.

 

[jdraider75]

That's funny, I think we both posted that at the same time.

Great minds think alike!

 

[Zacktosterone]

There is not that much PAR difference between the PM and Sunpower.....

Will two 6 bulb sunpowers be too big to hang over the tank or do you think it will fit?

 

[Zacktosterone]

Sooo my tank is 30" wide which means my tank has an inner width of 28.5" a 6 bulb sunpower 13.4" so two would be 26.8" which is super tight. I wouldn't even be able to add a couple reef brights.
Also to add to the issue, 1 ati 6 bulb and 1 ati 4 bulb would look weird.

So now what.

 

[ryanrid]

Pacific sun diuna 10 bulb unit however 8 bulbs is sufficient

 

[Chris Lakies]

You could just do the 8 bulb sunpower and add a reefbrite XHO on each side.

 

[Zacktosterone]

Pacific sun diuna 10 bulb unit however 8 bulbs is sufficient

Nice catch!!!!
Do you think my lock fish store can get pacific sun products in his store?
I ask because he's willing to trade

My concern is how the pacific sun runs the bulbs.
Do you know what ballasts they use?

 

[Zacktosterone]

You could just do the 8 bulb sunpower and add a reefbrite XHO on each side.

Sufficient or just cuts it. My led powermodule puts out 620 watts. The 8 bulb puts out 640