New 225gal

[SSgtHabanero]

Hello all. I just picked up a 225 gallon tank. I had a lighting question. I was looking at doing either 3X1500w MH or 6X400w MH. My question is this. I will be doing a custom retro system with my canopy I build, I found great deals on core & coil ballast kits, are those compatible with what I want to do?? I want crazy watts per gallon and the tank is glass 72X24X30 with a 60gallon sump and a 30gallon fuge. Also I'm having trouble finding the correct lamp as far as Kevin goes. Is there a special lamp I need to run a core & coil ballast. Thanks in advance guys for all the help. I will be posting this in nubes too.

Peter

 

[jeffgp]

just do 3 250-hqi ... or even two with a light mover

 

[amehel0]

^^ agreed why on earth cant you grow nder 250's that would grow under 400's or even 1500's