250watt MH question

[Old Guy]

I am running 6500 again after trying the 10000k euro that J&L sells.

I like the 10000k color much better but I only got 6 months before the lamp had startup problems.

I phoned about the short life of the 10000 to the manufacter and the reply was" halides are finiky and 6 months isn't bad" at which point I boiled at the jerk and went back to 6500 iwaski of which I change after 18 months.

To me the color diff is not worth it and my tank didn't seem to care.