250w Hqi Mh

[strittmatter]

I am going to get the IC 250W e-ballast and I am going to run HQI or De bulbs. I was curious what people think of the 250W/400W IC pendant....or what pendant do you recommend?

 

[Psionicdragon]

Reef Optix III

Good reviews on them from Sanjay and other users.

Or use the lum III DE hood.

http://www.reefexotics.com/lumenarc.htm

Anthony is a great guy to deal with and goes above and beyond to keep his customers happy. Tell him I sent you .

 

[hahnmeister]

I read that the IC pendant is not as good as many of the other models out there. The PFO is the best IMO.

 

[strittmatter]

I have dealt with Tony before, I agree a great guy. I may go that route.

I actully read a study and it had the IC pendant out performing the PFO pendant by far. It did not have any info on the Lum III. I will have to go back and check.

I didn't think about the Lum III because i thought it was only for SE bulbs. Thanks for the link, the funny thing is i loooked on his site just missed the DE pendant.

 

[hahnmeister]

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/july2003/feature.htm

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/mar2004/feature.htm

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/dec2004/feature.htm

There is another one where the PFO and IC are directly compared with 250watt bulbs. I compared the two because I was looking for 2 more pendants at the time and was considering both. From what I remember, the PFO had better reflectivity than the IC and SLS.

 

[strittmatter]

none of those links you posted had the IC 250W/400W reflector. Unless i am missing something.

Here is the link i read.
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2006/2/review/view?searchterm=DE pendant

I will not lye half of that stuff is german to me and I did not understand, but what i gathered it saying the IC is better then the PFO? am i wrong?

 

[hahnmeister]

Ah, yes, thats the one I was looking for.

 

[strittmatter]

So what is your interpretation correct? That is: the study conculed the IC was better then the PFO?