Best metal halide bulbs?
 

At the moment I have 3 Hamilton 10k, hqi 250w bulbs on my tank and I hate the colour, it washes out all the red in the tank. What bulbs is everyone using and are you happy with them?

I am using 14K DE Hamiltons and really like the blue it gives off.

I love my Phoenix 14k 250w DE. They have a pretty good rating as well on Sanjays site.

I use a Gieseman 150W megachrome 14.5 K bulb. It is not horribly blue like some other 14,000K bulbs. It is expensive though, but I have found it to be worth it.:mrgreen:

20k DE Ushio bulb for me...it's pretty blue though. Planning on swapping with the 14k Phoenix for my next, or the Gieseman 14.5k Megachrome,

I like the look of my 20K XMs with no supplimental actinics. More PAR than the 15K XMs too.

Do you have any pics?

I had those bulbs aswell /. I had 2 running on my 120. Looked ok at first but after 8 months they were really yellow. Wendell at OA recommended the Geinsmann 13k 250 hqi. Amazing difference, My colors really stand out now. ie regal tang and my brains.. I have 2 vho actinics aswell.

My camera is not good enough to pick up the color correctly, the camera shows more blue that it looks to me, so my pictures wont give you a very good sense of the bulbs.

Mogul EVC 250 Watt 14K. I LOVE it!