Will this work for aquarium lighting? HID car headlight set up?
i am wondering if it would be possible to make my own lighting set up for an aquarium using the metal halide HID bulbs used from car headlights and a computer power supply along with some wiring to power them ?
And what color temperature would work best.
If this would work it would be for a reef tank.
I was thinking of using something like this…
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Super-Slim-HID-Kit-All-color-Temp-K-all-Bulb-Sizes_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ36476QQihZ014QQitemZ330263387724QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW
along with….
http://www.compuplus.com/i-StarTechcom-300W-ATX-PC-Computer-Power-Supply-Pentium-4AMD-ATXPOWER300-1000028~.html?sid=b8gwgv9s9zr21pm
to power it. I could make my own hood and add a computer cooling fan to it and i think it could work.
I wouldn’t do it if you have a saltwater tank your corals will get sunburned and probably die. I would just buy a hood with a light at your local petshop.
Holy cow! How big is your tank? I think that’s overkill. Don’t fry your self or your fish with your homemade wiring.