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Old 09-13-2006, 09:30 PM
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For my 150w DE, I'm running them on my Coralife Aqualight Pro system & for the 175w SE, I'm running them on a used system that I believe was originally from BAs. Not sure what ballast because it's inside a black metal casing. Regardless, very happy with this brand bulb.

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Old 09-14-2006, 12:47 AM
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If you're just starting a new reef, you'd want 10K to promote growth.

Once your corals have reached a satisfactory growth level, Then move on to 14K or 20K. The blue light makes the corals' colours pop out (almost like black light and fluorescent clothing), but growth will be noticeably slower than 10K.

I also agree with what Muck is saying about having bulbs with enough PAR to penetrate the depth of your 190gal tank.
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Old 09-14-2006, 02:20 AM
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Aquaconnect is reknowned for its 14k bulb. I'm sure Jason at Proline could chime in here.
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Old 09-14-2006, 07:11 PM
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I run the Reeflux bulbs - for best results, I would run them off of electronic ballasts, I run a 400w 10k reeflux off an e-ballast and really like the color, nice white/blue, I also run a 250W dE 10k reeflux which I find is a bright white and hardly any blue, so when I change this bulb out I'll go with the reeflux 12K de
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