Will these work together? Im trying to make a lighting system for an aquarium used car HID lights?

Question

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.

Answer 1

That is equivalent to using a cannon to kill a mosquito: it is far more light than you need -- and the fixtures are expen$ive (over $100).  A standard fluorescent tank light will do you fine.