Calling Phoenix owners
- Thread starter NealNano
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I am trying some phoenix 150 watters, so far I love them. there in a maristart fixture my brother gave me, with aqua blue plus supplementation.
I will post a pic tomorrow.
I will post a pic tomorrow.
carlso63
Reefkeeping since 1977
Neal -
I think this may interest you... on my 225g I run 3 Aquamedic pendants (250w). The center one uses a Coralife 20K; the 2 outer pendants run Pheonix 14Ks:
Hard to tell from a pic, but in person the center light is slightly bluer (but not much) and the 2 outer lights are brighter looking.
Not a huge difference, but noticeable. Between the 2 I like the Pheonix look better myself; it is still "blue" but is quite a bit brighter... I'd also bet the Pheonix has alot better PAR than the Coralife 20K does...
Hope this helps.
I think this may interest you... on my 225g I run 3 Aquamedic pendants (250w). The center one uses a Coralife 20K; the 2 outer pendants run Pheonix 14Ks:
Hard to tell from a pic, but in person the center light is slightly bluer (but not much) and the 2 outer lights are brighter looking.
Not a huge difference, but noticeable. Between the 2 I like the Pheonix look better myself; it is still "blue" but is quite a bit brighter... I'd also bet the Pheonix has alot better PAR than the Coralife 20K does...
Hope this helps.
Hey thanks alot carlso63. This is exactly what I was looking for! I will without question get the phoenix 14ks now. Sound like they have the blue I like but have the brightness too. The Coralife 20k is not every bright thats the one thing I dont like about it. How do you like your Octo skimmer? Mine rocks. Thanks again.
Her is a shot from yesturday w/ Coralife 14ks, a bit yellow
<a href="http://s473.photobucket.com/albums/rr93/intenseneal/?action=view¤t=3ec548df.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i473.photobucket.com/albums/rr93/intenseneal/3ec548df.jpg" border="0" alt="FTS 9/08 w/14k"></a>
I will get a shot with the 20ks later when the lights come on.
<a href="http://s473.photobucket.com/albums/rr93/intenseneal/?action=view¤t=3ec548df.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i473.photobucket.com/albums/rr93/intenseneal/3ec548df.jpg" border="0" alt="FTS 9/08 w/14k"></a>
I will get a shot with the 20ks later when the lights come on.
Ehgemus
New member
I post the same thing last week.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1464945&perpage=25&pagenumber=1
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1464945&perpage=25&pagenumber=1
Here the Coralife 20ks. Yeah they are a bit purle.
<a href="http://s473.photobucket.com/albums/rr93/intenseneal/?action=view¤t=3ec548df.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i473.photobucket.com/albums/rr93/intenseneal/3ec548df.jpg" border="0" alt="FTS 9/08 w/14k"></a>
Ok looking at the 2 pics you cant really tell the diff in the lights but the 20ks are much dimmer and very blue.
<a href="http://s473.photobucket.com/albums/rr93/intenseneal/?action=view¤t=3ec548df.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i473.photobucket.com/albums/rr93/intenseneal/3ec548df.jpg" border="0" alt="FTS 9/08 w/14k"></a>
Ok looking at the 2 pics you cant really tell the diff in the lights but the 20ks are much dimmer and very blue.
BeanAnimal
Premium Member
Re: Calling Phoenix owners
Neal,
The reality is that a photograph is not going to give you a true representation of they way a particular bulb looks. There are just too many variables in the process. The ONLY way to judge the color of a lighting setup, is to see the setup with your own eyes.
Lets forget that the camera settings, lens, room lighting, white balance, paint color of the room, software settings (these are compressed JPGS and GIFs) and 100 other things affect the color rendered in the final digital image... Instead will will assume that the camera recorded the color perfectly (not possible, but lets assume...)
Now lets just consider your monitor alone. Changing the color temperature setting on your monitor will have a dramatic effect on the way that you see the rendered colors. Your monitor also has brightness, contrast and RGB controls. Windows has color profiles, different browsers and operating systmes render colors differently. Different video cards render colors differently etc. If you were to view the same photo on 100 different brands of monitors, side by side, you would see 100 different color renderings, even if they were all CALIBRATED!
So the reality is that photographs may be nice to look at but they are useless for determining true color
Go see the bulbs in person, as the photographs above are meaningless. (No offense to those who posted them).
Neal,
The reality is that a photograph is not going to give you a true representation of they way a particular bulb looks. There are just too many variables in the process. The ONLY way to judge the color of a lighting setup, is to see the setup with your own eyes.
Lets forget that the camera settings, lens, room lighting, white balance, paint color of the room, software settings (these are compressed JPGS and GIFs) and 100 other things affect the color rendered in the final digital image... Instead will will assume that the camera recorded the color perfectly (not possible, but lets assume...)
Now lets just consider your monitor alone. Changing the color temperature setting on your monitor will have a dramatic effect on the way that you see the rendered colors. Your monitor also has brightness, contrast and RGB controls. Windows has color profiles, different browsers and operating systmes render colors differently. Different video cards render colors differently etc. If you were to view the same photo on 100 different brands of monitors, side by side, you would see 100 different color renderings, even if they were all CALIBRATED!
So the reality is that photographs may be nice to look at but they are useless for determining true color
Go see the bulbs in person, as the photographs above are meaningless. (No offense to those who posted them).
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