Lighting upgrade

[marie]

Originally Posted by atcguy

hey just a thought I tried hamilton then Geinsman 14.5k then xm10k with my actinic vhos.. and now phoenix.. 14k 250 de I just replaced them as I like them so much.. Awesome light.. a bright white with a hint of blue.. Compared to the XM;s there is no comoparisn in my mind.. you should take a look at them. OA sells them and good price too at around 85 bucks I believe..

Just a thought. tanks looks great

I'm using the single ended xm bulbs on HQI (DE) ballasts, there is easily twice as much light as I was getting with double ended bulb. The colour isn't the problem in fact I quite like the colour, very white. The problem is not acclimating the poor corals properly to the brighter light