which light do i need??

you can go for furoecents but you gonna need allot of them and in the end its gonna be close to an HPS. in SA a 250 W hps costs about 1500 rand so im sure u can afford that in america or wer eva u live

at www.insidesun.com a 250watt complete ready to plug (&play hehehe) costs $80US dollars....this can be called a bargain....if you can't afford that, then what can i say?

I'd be weary of insidesun. I've had a somewhat decent experience with them although they crimped female connectors on both ends of the cord set from the ballast to the socket. I just cut it and crimped on male end on one end. And a bulb came in non working order which they didn't replace. Others I've heard of, especially laterly have had some bigger problems with not receiving stuff. My stuff was bought a couple years back, I do wish in hindsight that I had saved for better quality.