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03-10-2006, 05:26 PM
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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?
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03-10-2006, 06:18 PM
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I am using 14K DE Hamiltons and really like the blue it gives off.
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65 gallon tank, 3 gallon refugium, 90lbs LR, 50 lbs live sand, Coralife Super Skimmer 125, 24" 250 watt DE Pendant w/14K Hamilton. 1 ocellaris clowns,1 Tomini Tang, 6 line wrasse, 12 turbo grazer snails, 12 nassarius snails, 12 Cerith. Open Brain, Metallic Green Brain, candy cane coral, 1 enchino frags, and 2 maxima clam.
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03-10-2006, 06:25 PM
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I love my Phoenix 14k 250w DE. They have a pretty good rating as well on Sanjays site.
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03-10-2006, 06:26 PM
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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.
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03-10-2006, 06:58 PM
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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,
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03-10-2006, 07:09 PM
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I like the look of my 20K XMs with no supplimental actinics. More PAR than the 15K XMs too.
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03-10-2006, 07:13 PM
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Do you have any pics?
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03-10-2006, 07:14 PM
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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.
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