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I bought my 250 watt mh ballast off ebay for $55 including shipping. For my next diy lighting job, I will be purchacing my ballast from: http://www.1000bulbs.com they have 175,250,400 watt MH ballast kits for about $40 I have used the home depot MH bulb. Very orange/yellow and LARGE. good luck

thank you sooo much for the link and information. Thanks for taking the time to do such a project. I truely appreciate it. best wishes

I found a random thread while doing a search and it described putting 3 fluorescent ballasts in parellel to get increased light output from one NO bulb. This configuration supposedly could also run a vho bulb. has anyone done this? Is it safe? thanks

Please list what you have found inexpensive and where. We all know how expensive this hobby is so every little bit helps. Ballasts and light bulbs are very inexpensive at www.lampsnow.com Another site has good prices on bulbs and ballests and a 2 bulb vho ballast for $45: www.1000bulbs.com

One of my tanks is a 20 gallon reef tank(mostly just a lot of coraline algae live rock) It also has a wet dry filter and macroalgae refugium. I have had a yellow tang in it for about 8 months. It is very healthy and have had no problems. I also have a medium sized pump running fully open at one...

Great thread. 1)I found imitation crab meat(white fish) to be a great source of food for many tank inhabitants. My Anenome, engineer goby, camel shrimp and puffer all love it. (not all in same tank) It is about $4 for 12oz. It has good texture and doesn't make a mess. 2) I found putting a...

The link that dead fish has posted shows the little giant float that I am using and spoke of above. It works great. It is also the best purchase I have made. The cotter pin (spelling?) is made of brass. Im not sure what the holding brackets are made of. None of these pieces have any contact...

Hi, just wanted to pass along my find. Tractor Supply Company (TLC) has little giant automatic float valves for $7. It is designed to hang from the top of a watering trough. It is all plastic and has an input for a garden hose on its top. I just added a plastic pale above it, connected by the...

Excuse my brain fart. The hands are sometimes quicker than the brain. German (4 pins in a row ....)$2.50 http://www.lampsnow.com/pcengertypba.html Japanese (4 pins in a square : $4.75 http://www.lampsnow.com/pcentypbas.html Good luck

Hi I have been searching for a good internet source for Compact fluorecent bases and found a great one. Now, I haven't bought anything from them yet but their prices are the best I have found. $2.50 for german style (pins in a square) and $4.50 or $4.95 for the japanese style (pins in a row)...