Anyone heard of or use SHO bulbs?

I've been surfing the internet looking at tank lighting and ran into these bulbs, there just like any other CFL, but 10" long and 105watts, do you think 4 of these plus some actinics over a 125 would work for beginner corals? COMPACT FLOURESCENT LIGHT BULBS; Standard & SHO CFL aquarium bulb, double socket. they say its comparable to a 525 watt Standard bulb, i'm guessing thats a incandescent bulb.

 

I have seen them. The comparison is to standard fluorescent bulbs. Remember the light is going to be like a spot light. I would think they will work for low and medium light requiring corals just fine..

 

Would be a Consideration for smaller tank set-ups......May even change the way we light our larger tanks down the road....who knows?????

 

If you can, put your money into something that you can use over & over again, otherwise, it'll wind up on the "unused" pile of equipment. If I could get rid of old/unused/inadequate equipment I bougth thinking I could save a buck......I'd have room enough for another tank & maybe enough to buy the new tank.

Try going for a 6 bulb T5 unit. They aren't half as expensive as they used to be. You can get a nice fixture for 300 bucks. Shop around!!!

Good luck! 8)