Light upgrade
 

Well I'm done with the radion and back to halides

Looking at lights I am planning on a lumetek ballast and Hamilton cabo sun reflector.

Is mogul or DE better and y

Tank is 24"x24"x12" sps only. Is a 250w to much.

No kidding.

Why did you decide to ditch the Radion?

Good choice. You should be fine with 250w. I'd probably go 10" off water line.

My manufacturer says I need to be 12" off the waterline. Would the extra two inches make a difference?

Only heat wise. Farther will put less heat in the tank. I just suggested 10" as a minimum.

I would decide based on the bulb you want to use. In 250, I'd want a phoenix 14k, which is a DE bulb.

Color, growth

I joined the cool club and while I do see benifits of led Im just not getting what I want from them and while I spose you could say mitras, radion pro or hybrid the halide is proven and still used buy the best of the best growers. RR,tyree,cherry,cornbred.
I buy there corals because if there colors. I want to retain there colors


Of coarse I'd want a radium but people are squeaking about the phoenix and the aquamaxx bulbs

I only used geissmann and aqua medic before didn't care for the latter

I never liked the radium in 250, I found it a bit purple for my tastes. My favorite all time bulb is the 400w radium. I think the phoenix 14k is a close rival in color. But whatever you go with, I'm sure you'll be happy with the results!

Everything I read about radiums was on the 400. Not much on the 250

Ill def look into the Phoenix

Might want to look at a Ushio 14K.
My favorite DE 250watt bulb.

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I run a 250w Radium (Mogul) and have been for years off of a Sunlight Supply HQI Ballast running to spec and love the color., so do my corals :biggrin:

Are the radiums still easy to find? I recall lastlight having a hell of a time sourcing radiums for his previous 404.

Sure thing Bob

I'm doin comparison right meow

Gotta love auto correct......

BRS always seems to have them - that's where I get them.

Only in mogul though

After trying double ended and mogul , the best bulb I have found for colour and growth without additional lighting such as T5 etc. , is EVC mogul 14,000 k. Do a google search on the bulb and see what people other than myself say about it.

Very little on these bulbs. Thread on RC stated they out preformed most bulbs

Where did you find them

Well it's ordered

Vertex 250 ballast and a lumenarc pendant. Starting with mega chrome 21k. As i like blue tanks and wont be running antinics.

2 weeks and counting.

Exciting!

I here ya!

Harvey at marine aquaria stated that you don't see people going back to halides. Haha.

Although tried and true the true believers never left halides.

If I could get past the humidity issues, I'd have gone back long ago. But the future is looking pretty bright right now :)