HippieSmell
Occupy Reef Central
I have the 250W Phoenix on a PFO magnetic ballast and was looking at the AB 10k. Anyone have experience with these two? Preferences?
Any AB 10k vs Phoenix 14k comparisons?
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northbay-reefer
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the phoenix light bulbs graph (sanjay's website) is very simmilar to the Radium bulb ... but for alot less money. If they sell them in Single ended version I would have bought some already.
northbay-reefer
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prodman, thats too bad ... I'll stick with my XM 20k then 
... btw our club is growing and the meetings are fun, you might want to come down and join us one of these day. We meet every two months at Russian river brewing company and sometime at people's houses.
... btw our club is growing and the meetings are fun, you might want to come down and join us one of these day. We meet every two months at Russian river brewing company and sometime at people's houses.
gcarroll
Active member
The Phoenix bulb may loose intensity after 6 months or so but I have not experienced much of a difference. Mine are about 8 months old and my colors are just fine. I run the Phoenix for one year before replacing. I just bump up the photo-period another hour to 8 hrs per day to compensate for the loss of intensity. Either way even with the reduction of intensity it never falls even remotely as low as a new XM 20K.
bureau13
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What ballast are you using. I have AB 10K on my AquaMedic magnetic HQI ballast, and I would say there is NO blue. Its white, in fact I would say there's a warmth to the look that verges on a bit of yellow. I think it looks good, like bright sunlight, however I think my corals tend to wash out a bit more than I would like. Part of the issue may be my fixture has 4x250W HQI and 4x39W Ocean Blues, and the T5s are just completely overpowered by the 4 HQI. I'm probably going to give the Phoenix bulbs a shot when the ABs time is up (a couple months probably).
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RichConley
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I gotta agree. Theres nothing even approaching blue in my AB10ks.
Prodman, check the copy of sanjay's chart in my gallery. Theres no appreciable par difference between the phoenix, and the 250w radium
LBCBJ
New member
I use the Phoenix and love the color and intensity, it's a great bulb (although it's oddly cheap 
) There seems to be a lack of information on them though. For one, does anyone know what company actually makes the Phoenix bulbs (more detail than "some company in Japan")? Second, why do they only make one kelvin color bulb, the 14k..seems a little strange. Thirdly, has anyone ever noticed color shifts from blue to yellow on a day-to-day basis? And lastly, I think we all need to petition for Sanjay to test the bulb 
) There seems to be a lack of information on them though. For one, does anyone know what company actually makes the Phoenix bulbs (more detail than "some company in Japan")? Second, why do they only make one kelvin color bulb, the 14k..seems a little strange. Thirdly, has anyone ever noticed color shifts from blue to yellow on a day-to-day basis? And lastly, I think we all need to petition for Sanjay to test the bulb
HippieSmell
Occupy Reef Central
Thanks for the replies. I just installed an Ushio 10k, but I ordered BLV 10k. Some say there is no difference, but some say the BLV's are slightly more blue. Oh well. So far, the bulb is white with a hint of yellow, hopefully it will burn in and look better. I will say though, the Ushio brings out the flaws in my tank more than the Phoenix.
gcarroll
Active member
Sanjay has tested the Phoenix 14K.<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8936263#post8936263 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by LBCBJ
I use the Phoenix and love the color and intensity, it's a great bulb (although it's oddly cheap
