Greetings Jasper, Hey man, I'm allways cynical (it's an East Coast thing....) but I don't mean to be rude...... After all, I'm AM the guy who modeled for the newbie description photo in Webster's dictionary...... Allright, I made that up.....but I DID just come over on the newbie boat too. Say, was that you I saw smoking on the upper deck? Anyway, could you use a Sun Gro (hood) w/ 400 watt Sun System switchable ballast with glass, cords and a MH or HPS bulb, for $367.24? That even includes postage!! Yeah, I thought so.... www.futuregarden.com Happy hunting- P.S. You might want to think about the flanges and a vetilation fan too, 400 watts can get pretty hot in smaller set-ups-