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I have a few questions regarding lighitng. I am trying to find a cheap lighting solution here and I have looked at Lowes and Home Depot to find some of the shop lights. Theyre not a bad price but are ugly and am going to need a canopy if I am to use them so here is the question...I ma sure they carry Mh or Vho lighting and am thinking to use those instead of buying form a LFS or online. I am sure it would save alot of money. I know that a lot of people will say that isnt a good idea but I am not totally convinced of why. Why is lighting so expensive anyway? Either this or maybe some of you have some old lighting sets you are wanting to get rid of??
 
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some of the ballasts they sell at home depot will work for your tank (fluorescent lighting). I don't think they sell metal halide ballasts at those stores but they may. I know they sell mecury vapor ballasts for outside lighting. TexasReefer made a post about his friend that has metal halide ballasts for fairly cheap and even has mogul sockets etc. Maybe check that out.

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