What's your favorite mH bulb and why?
 

What's your favorite bulb and why? If you have pics of that bulb running please post!

250w XM 10K. It has the highest output on a PFO HQI ballast. It runs really yellow, so you need to supplement heavily with actinics.

Phoenix 14k cant beat the color or the price.

EDIT: Heres a Pic the tank looks a little rough but you can see the light color pretty good.
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k2...1/Xenia049.jpg

I'm using Aquaconnect 14000k 250w de on my main reef but Phoenix 14000k 250w de on my frag/seahorse refugium & I'll be replacing the $120+ AC with the much less expensive Phoenix bulbs. Same colour & nice intensity for a more reasonable price.

Pheonix all the way..................14k of course.

tagging along as I am having a tough time finding a bulb I like...and "trying" them out is getting VERY COSTLY!

Im happy with my 10k 2x175 watt XM like mentioned befor they do run VERY yellow. I do suplement with t5 actinics and it makes them white. A thing i like about these bulbs is that they are not to expencive and ther a exelent bulb. nce i set up my 2x250's im befenetly putting on XM 14k.

Hears a picture of the tank with both halides and actinics on.
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/a...Picture035.jpg

I use Phoenix 14 k. Intensity with a nice amount of the blue spectrum.

I like the colour of Magechrome 13000k 250 HQI with VHO white and blue actinic. Its looksgreat to my eyes.
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