72" VHO's -Local source for?

Brandon · Post by **Brandon** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 11:32 pm

Anyone know a good local source for 72" 160watt VHO's. Aqua Works in Pensacola used to sell them @ 42/ea, wondered if anyone else had a decent source for them..

andy4499 · Post by **andy4499** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 5:22 am

Rich at PM has them for the same price. I just bought 1 6' for $42 and 2 5' for $39 to run on an Icecap 660

ShagMan · Post by **ShagMan** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 7:32 am

Brandon, if you find out, lemme know... I need to order six of them.

tbmoore · Post by **tbmoore** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 8:14 am

I usually get mine from Rich.....price pretty good and do not have to worry about breakage....

Brandon · Post by **Brandon** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 8:18 am

Oh heck, if you need some too, we could combine an order and get them way cheaper via mail-order. I'll do some searching around.

ShagMan · Post by **ShagMan** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 8:21 am

I have a credit card w/ plenty of room, keep me posted. I was gonna buy through Rich, but I'm up for mail order, that's how I got my last set.

tbmoore · Post by **tbmoore** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 8:22 am

If we are going to use your credit card I will take a box full.....

ShagMan · Post by **ShagMan** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 8:32 am

Heheheh Terry... such a joker

Looks like marinedepot has the best price, $31 for 50/50 and $29 for super actinic. Hellolights.com wasn't even close, unless you bought the ones w/out the internal reflectors (yuck).

Brandon · Post by **Brandon** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 8:49 am

Oh shoot, I'll take lots & lots in that case.

www.marineandreef.com is the cheapest I can find.
I search a dozen or so of the usual places and their initial bulb proces are a bit higher. and you get an 8% discount for ordering > 8 items.

Example :
72" white $30.00x4 $120
72" blue $28.50x4 $114
lamp box $35
8% discount -$21.52
+ ship $15.90
TOTAL $263.38

Costs per bulb for 8 bulbs, figuring 4 blue & 4 white would be: $32.92
Hey I'm all for saving 9 or so bucks a bulb

Brandon · Post by **Brandon** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 8:50 am

Whoa.. we both came to the same conclusion

Melissakins · Post by **Melissakins** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 8:51 am

You getting some of those blues?

ShagMan · Post by **ShagMan** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 8:52 am

yeah... marine depot prices seemed to include shipping? dunno... I'd need to call and ask.

EDIT, nevermind, yeah anything over $175 is shipped free.

So what'd you need to order?

Brandon · Post by **Brandon** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 8:58 am

Hey if we > 6 72" bulbs the shipping will be free from marine depot

Since fluorescent bulbs require special handling and packaging, we will only ship fluorescent bulb orders of 4 or more bulbs free of shipping cost. 46.5" and longer bulbs are shipped free only if 6 or more bulbs are ordered.

Brandon · Post by **Brandon** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 9:09 am

I want 4, but cant decide between 2xwhite & 2xblue or 1xwhite and 3xblue, what do you think? They're mostly for supplementing the halides

ShagMan · Post by **ShagMan** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 9:10 am

What kinda MH's do you run?

If you're running 10k's, I would think three actinic and one 50/50.

offtopic: the carpet isn't doing well

I don't think it's related to the lighting at all, he's just been kinda unhappy lately, and he's decided to get smaller and attach to the upper part of the rock (!??!) ... very weird. he's always spread out, but he's smaller, I think because he's so close to the light. MH's have been mostly off for the past 3-4 weeks now, however he was moving around before that time.