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07-04-2010, 09:51 PM
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Also, I have a Coralife Aqualight Pro with 3x 250W 14,000K MH and 4x 64W actinic power compacts with moon lights in LEDs. My question is: why doesn't my tank have that clean blueish look that everyone else's pics seems to have? Mine seems yellowish by comparison. Do I need to change my bulbs, they are only 11 months old (hence me trying to understand "DE"). I just bought a few SPS frags, some LPS, and trying hard not to kill them. My leathers and mushrooms (my first Noobie corals) are doing well, and now I am trying to move up to the amazing tanks that everyone else has (me want one, too!!). Thanks. Loving this site and reading/learning lots, but trying to guesstimate what most of the short-handed writing means.
 
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07-04-2010, 10:01 PM
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DE is Double Ended, it has electrical points on each side of the bulb. I believe your fixture is DE. The other type is mogal which is a screw in MH bulb. If you are still using the original bulb you will probably want to upgrade to a higher quality bulb and then you will get the proper coloring of a 14K bulb.
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07-04-2010, 10:15 PM
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OK. Thanks. It is pretty obvious now that you mentioned Dbl Ended as DE.
And I do agree that I will need to change them very soon. That's why I am seeking advice. But with all the bewildering arrayed brands of bulbs out there, can someone please suggest a few (readily available, pls) that I can try, in order to get that nice blueish color? Do I need to go higher than 10,000K ?? Right now I have the 10,000K ( thought they were 14,000K) Coralife brand bulb that came with the fixture. Don't ever remember the lights as being that blue, though.
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07-05-2010, 01:19 AM
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Yeah, 10k bulbs give off a yellowish look to the tank. I don't have MH's myself at the moment have have heard lots of good reviews on the Phoenix 14k bulbs and they are less expensive than most other bulbs. 14k will give a nice whitish blue color but not too blue as a 20k bulb would.
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07-05-2010, 11:24 PM
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I know JL Aquatics has them at a pretty good price but I have not looked locally for them. Give Blue World or Marine Aquaria a try. There's also SOSlightbulbs in the states. They're cheap but only ship via UPS or FedEx so brokerage may be an issue and the good price may not be so great in the end.
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