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    Posted: January 13 2014 at 5:19pm
Longtime WMAS Member, Ross Bagshaw is wondering if there is an economical LED fixture that could replace a 14,000K 150 W MH? Though Ross does not use this forum, many of you may know Ross and Carolyn Bagshaw. They bring the refreshments for every meeting. Carolyn actually bakes those delicious chocolate eclairs and cookies.

This is for their 180 gal, 6' long tank. Ross would be happy if he could find 3 economical LED fixtures that could take the place of his 10 year old 3 x 150 W MH fixture in which he runs 14K bulbs.

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Maybe define economical? What's the budget.
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Would be great to help them out, but even a DIY set of simple kits with not a lot of color combinations, but dimmable would come to $600 bucks, not to mention the labor and hanging hardware.

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Maybe look into some of the reef breeders fixtures? I've never used them but have heard lots of good things.
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Thanks for the responses. Yeah, I know good LED's are still pricey and the first one that came up in the Reef Breeders Value page at $179 is way more than he wants to spend for just one when he needs three. Ross saw a Zoo Med 18" fixture which is 68 x 1 watt LED's online. http://www.petco.com/product/123707/Zoo-Med-AquaSun-LED-Aquarium-Hood.aspx?cm_mmc=CSEMGoogleAdExtProd-_-Fish-_-Fish%20Hoods%20%26%20Lighting%20-%20Low%20Price-_-2249328&gclid=CJa6s-fF_LsCFYN_QgodODkA9Q
Because the LED's in that Zoo Med are only 1 Watt, it is still dimmer than a 150 W MH, right?

I posted in the buy-sell-trade section looking for 3 ballasts to replace his old worn out MH 3 ballast unit. I suspect this is going to be the most economical route.

Mahalo for helping,
Mark Hug
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