Best brand of double ended 14k bulb?

[chindapol]

Anyone try Ushio (BLV) 14000K SE? Also more yellow compare to Phoenix???

 

[GoldStripe]

you may have better luck starting a new thread for single ended chindapol. This one was more towards DE bulbs.

I went to a fellow club members house yesterday who uses IceCap ballasts and Reef Optix III reflectors like I do. He's running Reeflux 10K DE bulbs and 2 VHO actinics. I loved how white his DE bulbs were compared to my Aqualine Buschke 20K's. Even when he turned the actinics off the light looked good. Very white, not a trace of yellow. He let me borrow one of his Phoenix 14k bulbs to see what it looks like over my tank. He said that with his actinics on with the 10k's, the Phoenix will look very similar to that look. One other thing to think about it the lower the kelvin you can stand, the better your corals will grow. Personally, I like true white light, no blue, no yellow. Then I can "pop" the corals with some actinics. JMO

 

[moonpod]

chindapol, I am running the BLV 14k 400w SE right now. It is a white/white bulb IMO. No yellow, but no blue either. Much whiter than the Phoenix.

 

[fishball2222]

Phoenix .

 

[Ti]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7197352#post7197352 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by horkn
looks like the phoenix 14k de has a lot of fans. I will have to check those out when i get this 90g rolling.

any pics or threads with this bulb in question? also, from what i hear,the ballast choice makes a difference as well for coloration of each bulb.

T5 it

 

[BeanAnimal]

What about the bulb life... I heard the pheonix DE bulbs go down hill rather quickly?

I have 150w XDE 20ks... Nice blue color, but very limited PAR and coral growth. I am looking to switch as well. Can't decide to go 14k or 10k. But will likely go 14K this time around.

Bean

 

[BeanAnimal]

Does anybody have any par numbers for the 150w 14k pheonix DEs?

 

[GoldStripe]

Does Sanjay have any numbers on the 150 DE's Bean?

 

[BeanAnimal]

no.. i think he may have the 250s