400W radiums. anyone here use em?
 

I just put an Iwasaki on half my tank and the color of the bulb looks like daylight. But its only been 2 days and already the colors of the corals are looking great compared to the 10K german side, which looks realy dim. IMO Iwasaki is the way to go.

400W radiums. anyone here use em?
 

The hps 430 agro I will love to compare to a blue
line but they are very expensive and for now Im satify whith the agro

400W radiums. anyone here use em?
 

My only concern with the AGROSUN is how much life you will get out of the bulbs. Some say only 6-8 months.

400W radiums. anyone here use em?
 

I just took some more pics yesterday after the bulb burn in on the 360 (tank has been running for about 7 weeks) . I am inept at using the computer so I will get my husband to post the pics tonight [img]smile.gif[/img]

[ 01 August 2002, 07:55: Message edited by: jb1974 ]

400W radiums. anyone here use em?
 

From what I have read it will give more like 10 month but we will see

Anyway the agro ballast are very cheap I have them
for 85$ compare to 300$ for a blueline he will not pay for itself before long time and maybe in a couple of years we will have new kind of light so I dont want to invest for to long. You know reefkeeping change very fast even if for now I tink the best bulb on the market is the radium 20k and we have it cheap , one years ago I was 100% with iwasaki then there was 10k now the radium so ..........

400W radiums. anyone here use em?
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Are you shure your 10k have the right ballast?
a 400 10k who is dim is for only two reason defective bulb or rong ballast

All 10k bulb are made from europe and there ballast are realy different than hour so the problem is probably the ballast ;) or you tank is very very deep

[ 01 August 2002, 21:47: Message edited by: stephane ]

400W radiums. anyone here use em?
 

Yep, you are right, wasn't long ago the double ended 10K HQI bulb was the latest rave.

I am going to go for the radiums, but I might try a M135 ballast for a longer bulb life, If the color is too blue I might throw in a Iwasaki 250 watt in the middle to whiten it up and provide the growing power for the corals.

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400W radiums. anyone here use em?
 

What is the size of your tank (lenght)
if you tank is to long mine is 6'the iwasaki in the midle will look very ugly I have try it and you see only the yellow in the midle and everyting look more dull under the saki

When you put the radium beside the iwasaki it is noting but ugly until you have a lot of actinic and then the radium is a litle to blue. the best combo will be a radium an a saki in the same reflector but a lot of watt !!!!!!

[ 02 August 2002, 00:31: Message edited by: stephane ]

400W radiums. anyone here use em?
 

The tank is 5 feet. A iwasaki in the middle of two radium 20K will surely add some yellow to the appearance as you suggest, but might be worth experimenting with, or maybe add a 10K and forget about the actinics.

400W radiums. anyone here use em?
 

the problem is not that the lamps add to much yellow overall it is only because the yellow is in the midle between two with blue colum

maybe in your five foot if the lamp are higher and if you dont utilize reflector like spider who
reflect the light praticaly only under them it will be good but the two light color need to be mix perfecly to look good IMO

If I was you I will put the two radium whith spider reflector whith blueline or agro ballast an a mix of daylight and actinic for the dusk and dawn

I read a lot from people who have the Radium and most of them like it by there owns

If you have a scware tank then it will be different but with a tank that size it's hard to mix well

[ 02 August 2002, 10:26: Message edited by: stephane ]