Deep Blue Halide

[plasma327]

I bought 2 phoenix 250 HQI looking for a nice deep blue look. They are closer to 10 to 12 k than i had hoped for. I did some reading and the ballast i have drive the bulbs really hard giving the more 10 to 12k look.. I am running 2 Reeflux M80 ballast. From you halide guru's, which blub will give me the deep blue i am looking for with these ballast. Thanks..

 

[myaerica]

Radium

 

[plasma327]

Radium

THanks for the reply but i believe the radium only comes in single end bulb and i am running HQI double end bulbs.

 

[myaerica]

Oh sorry I should of read that better. I skipped right over the HQI part.

 

[plasma327]

NO problem. I do that same thing as well somtimes..

 

[unitedbga]

XM 20k 250w halides are the nice deep blue. Not sure it they work with your ballast.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/XM-250-WATT...ultDomain_0&hash=item43c3bccef2#ht_101wt_1110

 

[alton]

Coralvue Reeflux 20K

 

[Dave & Monica]

The ushio 20k's are less blue than the pheonix on my electronic ballasts. Not sure if the m80s would yield different results.

 

[unitedbga]

Here is a thread comparing the Phoenix 14000k to the XM 20000k

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2022359