opinions on 150w halide bulbs

[TerraC]

Hi guys

Just bought a halide from ebay, anyone have any reccomendations for 150w halide bulbs? heard the d&d giesman aquachrome coral is nice. what do you guys use? after something with a blue tinge so i dont have to run an actinic tube.

cheers

Ray

[Macca]

I love the coralvue (250), Looks great but not sure on coral growth yet


James

[Macca]

PS Ray - Steve is picking up stuff on Monday night if you want him to get your order?

James

[TerraC]

That'd be great m8 thanks :D

I'll have a look into the coralvue m8, after something with a crisp colour no pinky or yellowy tinges :D

[Macca]

I have had sys 200O units with arcadia bulbs, I also have had arcadia units with acardia bulbs. At present I run an TMC unit with aqua connect bulbs and and coralvue ballasts with coralvue bulbs. The coralvue looks amazing - It is so clean with a tinge of blue and this is a 14k bulb. The others that ran 14k bulbs looked very yellow and blurry if this makes sence.

James

PS If you want any bulbs ger a quote from me first :D

[Kev]

James

I am shortly after a new bulb and will be in touch.

Kev

[mark d]

I run a triple Arcadia 150W unit. Didn't like the arcadia 14KK lamps as they were too yellowy to my eye.

Currently running Reeflux 10KK lamps which are very crisp & white (I do supplement with T5 actinics). These lamps are expensive though!

10KK tend to yield the highest PAR, another factor for my hard coral set-up.

Best bang for your book IMO are BLV lamps. Used the 10KK prior to a Reeflux 'upgrade' which didn't make that much difference! They do have a more bluey tinge.

Good reference site below.

http://www.reeflightinginfo.arvixe.com/

Hope this helps

Mark

[Kev]

Hi Mark

I was never into physics, but in lay terms, what is PAR?

Kev

[mark d]

Hi Mark

I was never into physics, but in lay terms, what is PAR?

Kev

Photosynthetically Available Radiation. Rather than me try and explain off the top of my head - here is a good article to read.

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-04/sj/index.php

cheers

Mark

[TerraC]

cheers guys.

found this site too from over the pond, some good example pics of the colour you should get.

http://www.cnidarianreef.com/lamps.cfm

need to find one for 150w lamps now tho' as this seems to be 250w.

[Kev]

thanks Mark. I will have a look at the link.

Kev

[fishz]

Try this site too - pretty technical but some thorough testing done:

http://www.reeflightinginfo.arvixe.com/index.htm

[thereefshop]

I use blv 250 14k very happy with them one of the best i have used in the shop:D I.M.O. that is :)