metal halide screw in bulbs

[scottallert]

I just saw these and was like woah i didnt know they made these so they can screww in to a regular light socket, so would they be able to support sps and clams?
heres a link http://www.elightbulbs.com/Sylvania-64479-M175-U-MED-Metal-Halide-Light-Bulb

 

[scottallert]

Re: metal halide screw in bulbs

double post

 

[luther1200]

That will be a very yellow light with a 4000K color rating. Besides that you would have to find out if they have the same or similar PAR. They would be O.K. if they did I guess, but I am not 100% on that.

 

[scottallert]

well they make differant kelvins that just happens to be the one i posted a link of.

 

[tkeracer619]

I don't think you can just screw those into a normal fixture and have them light. Looks just like a SE metal halide bulb with a smaller mogul.

They still need a ballast and at that price you are better off with a bulb marketed for reef tanks.

 

[luther1200]

In the future you should post the link to the exact product, that way people will be able to give more accurate advice/info.

 

[mustang51js]

yeah you still need a ballast

 

[jayk198030]

you will need a 175wMH ballast to power that lamp. and the screw in bulb is called a mogul base bulb or scoket

 

[tatkinson]

No, that bulb can not be just screwed into a incandescent socket. The only similarity it bears to an incandescent bulb is the medium base. You got me excited though.

 

[superfirefly]

I used those bulbs before. I bought them by mistake. They do need a ballast and since I had a mogul base I had to find a converter from the medium base they take to the mogule base I had. I did find them and after all that the bulbs looked horrible and the corals didn't seem to do to well with them.