What's your favorite mH bulb and why?

[Kronk]

Originally Posted by sharuq1

kronk, what ballast are you running?

I run an Aromat electronic ballast. I personally dont think you need actinics on a 14k bulb if you want more blue go with 20k (20k is a little too blue for my liking). As my bulb is getting a little older now about 13months it is more white than blue. The whites in the tank "pop" way more than when i had PC with actinics though.

[bv_reefer]

one SE xm 400 watt, 20k. although it seems that xm's run at a lighter blue than persay radiums? it ain't no iwasaki, but the colors i'm getting are top notch so can't complain.

[sharuq1]

picsssssssss

[bv_reefer]

Originally Posted by sharuq1

picsssssssss

i'll try to get one up soon

[sharuq1]

yay ^_^

[fiorano]

i run the megachrome 13000k i just bought them last week and i went down from 14500k i like the change quite a lot

[cblair]

one more vote for phoenix. I recentley tried a 14k ushio as my phoenix is over a year old now. the ushio looked very yellow compared to the phoenix so I put the phoenix back in and ordered up a new one. very nice colour, crisp white with a touch of blue. use actinic to give the corals a bit more pop.

[danny zubot]

Is anyone using the XM 20K? If so, can you post a pic?