65 gal 36 x 18 x 24

hello i just want to know which one should i get 400 whatts or 250 metal halide . also am going to be running my actual fixture 36 inch 4 bulb t5 heres the links of craiglist

my tank is 36x18x24 tomorrow am going to start working in a canopy to house my lights
((( both for same price )))
Coralife 250 watt pendant mogul halides

400 electronic Halide ballast & reflectors

 

somebody ???

 

Personally I like LEDs and if I were you I would look into that because they are cheaper long term and all my corals like them
I don't have any experience with metal halides

Sorry if I wasn't much help
That's just my opinion

 

I don't know much about the 400 watt option, but I have generally had bad luck with anything coralife makes..General poor quality overall..so I would avoid them for that reason personally. I would also look at led options as I think you will have heat issues with a mh over a 65. My original tank was a 65 and I used my at the time and I had a lot of heat problems.

 

Hmm yes but where m going to find a led fixture for 100 bucks :/ ? and about the heating problem am going to try to run the metal halide only few hours a day more like a supplement light ,.. m thinking to run

4 bulb t5 regular 8hours and 4 hours metal halide something like that..

thank yall for the responses

 

Well if you bump up your price a little you can definetly get a great LED light
And personally I think it is worth it
For example you could by the reefbreeders value LED fixture for 180
or depending on what you want to keep the marineland reef capable system.

Let me know what you go with

 

yes my concern its the value fixture from reefbreeder will be enough for my tank ? ANDD why the biggest lfs and farms still use metal halide for growing ?

 

For that size tank, 250 Watt will be plenty of light especially if you are supplimenting it with 4 T5 bulbs.

 

I run 2 150w Metal Halides over my tank the same size and it is plenty if light.