Hi all, has anyone here ever used a 14000 k colour temp metal halide for vegging? its basically an aquarium light,

cheers

if its a normal metal halide then yes they are good for veg.

a normal metal halide is around 65000 k (daylight) where as the 14000 k is very very blue with some green does any1 know if this is suitable for growing (in veg)?

its good for growing coral etc in aquatriums and supporting life in them, so surely you can grow bud under them?

have a cheque what the k rating is on a cfl veg bulb i think it is round that, i have used aquarium lights for veg before (it sounds like the same kind you have for plant and coral growth)

i've never used them but it should be ok ....how many watts is it?36?
higher the wattage the better

cfl veg is around 65000k (blue) but this is a more intense blue that penetrates the water deeper inn aquariums, so dyu not reckon this would be more superior?

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for growing weed?

its a unit with built in ballast & 2x 150w metal ha;ides & 2 x 30w flouro tubes

sounds good...any chance of a pic?

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its the same model as this but mines a lot thinner from top/bottom this 1 has 3 metal halides mine has the 2 but its more or less the same, i got it given to me & looking online thy r about 700 quid, i just hope its ok for what i want

give it a go mate you'll soon find out
even better as a freebie

if it dont work ive been lookin about & you can get bulbs at the normal colour temp 6500k so ill have to buy sum

if it worked well people would use that temp for growing but i do know that sun pulse do a 10.5k halide for the last week of flowering to bring out more resin but 14k sounds like the wrong spectrum to me id buy the 6500k bulbs to use with it

im no expert but i was under the impression that anything beyond about 8000k wasnt in the optimal usable light spectrum.