What do you think about this metal halide setup?

[ZoaFan08]

Trying to setup my new tank and I have never used Metal Halides before..

2x Lumen Bright 3 DE Metal Halide Reflector (These do have hangers on top right so I can hand them from my canopy?)

1x 250watt Dual Electronic Ballast- Coralvue ( What is the difference between Electronic and Magnetic ballast?)

2x 14,000K Phoenix HQI "Double Ended" - 250W (I like the blue look)

Is this everything I need? Will everything work together? Would you suggest anything different?

 

[ZoaFan08]

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[ZoaFan08]

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[Kshack]

Tank dimensions?
The Phoenix HQI bulb is for a HQI (M80) ballast which operates at a higher output (330W as opposed to 250W). Your bulb will not look like it was designed to look.
Try to look at Reeflux 20K bulb and see if you like that. Would go well with the ballast. Also, with lower K bulbs(10-15), you may want Actinic sup.

 

[PhilTheEel]

I would add actinics. I use 2 110w 46.5" Super Actinic VHO's along with my 2 250w Ushio 10K MH's on my 55. It really makes my colors POP especially my zoas.

 

[ZoaFan08]

Tank dimensions are 48x24x24

I don't want to add actinics, I am not very fond of going MH and adding actinics would completely change my mind. I want to use T5's but the canopy is setup for hanging MH and i would have to rebuild the top of the canopy if I were to use a retrofit T5 setup.

 

[reefscape15]

use 20k's if you like the blue look and can't do actinics.