double ended MH bulbs 250w

[leesanhua]

what brand of DE MH bulb that you guys use?

i have a aqua medic light but the bulbs tht come with it, i think it's too white. any suggestion?

the light fixture has 2X250w 2X55w T5 actinic
here is the light:
aqua medic

 

[Ti]

I use hammy 14k

 

[Volcano1]

Currently using phoenix on a 6' version of your light, have been happy so far, have not used the hammy's. HTH's.

 

[leesanhua]

do you guys have actinitc supplement?

 

[GSMguy]

i just got that light ihave the aquamedic 250 with the 20k ushio highest par of the 20ks

 

[puny34]

i have a couple of Hamilton 250w 14k on my 4ft long 60 gal with no actinic - its white bright and blue is bloooooo and other colors seems to floresce.

 

[hahnmeister]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8806077#post8806077 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by GSMguy
i just got that light ihave the aquamedic 250 with the 20k ushio highest par of the 20ks

Im pretty sure the Ushio is the same bulb as the Aqualine 20,000K. I know Ushio/BLV makes some of the bulbs for Aqualine, not sure on the 20,000K, but they are pretty much identical in output.

The highest output 20,000K is actually the EVC, and by a wide margin. According to Sanjay's tests, the BLV 20,000K comes in at a 43, and the EVC at a 64. I love my EVC 20,000K... its a bit like the pheonix bulb (alot brighter), but with more actinic than the pheonix, which is sorta monochromatic/blue in the end.

leesanhua, what do you mean by 'too white'? Or better yet, what do you want it to look more like. 'Too white' says something different to me than 'more blue', but I can see how others may take it like that. Also, you didnt state what Aqualine bulb you are using.... they come in 5000K, 10,000K, 16,000K, and 20,000K after all. If you have a 20,000K and you say 'too white' then I think you mean too monochromatic... not enough full range of color, and so I would suggest a lower K bulb. If you have a 10,000K and you say 'too white' then I might think you mean 'too bright' or 'too yellow', or possibly 'too daylight' and you want more blue. OR, you might mean too white as in too blue, and you want more of a 6500K look.

What is it for you?!?!

 

[kdblove_99]

Actually the highest 20K bulb is the Happy Reefing, by alot!

But i cannot find them anywhere to buy. Actually higher par than the Phoenix 14K

 

[GSMguy]

highest totall par or highest yet tested by sanjay because sanjay has not tested most of the 250de bulbs
i dont think the ushio and the aqualine are the same bulb but i am open to advice

 

[GSMguy]

here are some of my colors with the Ushio

i wanted something with less par for my first bulb that way i didnt kill off my corals that were under 175w10ks before

 

[siding88]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9002110#post9002110 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by kdblove_99
Actually the highest 20K bulb is the Happy Reefing, by alot!

But i cannot find them anywhere to buy. Actually higher par than the Phoenix 14K

they are out of business

 

[kdblove_99]

They are? That sucks. I wanted to try there 20K bulbs!

 

[GSMguy]

ok here my reminder goes we all see color differently the 20 14 10 k stuff matters very little as to true color. Men are all colorblind and i have a cheap lcd monitor sitting next to my top of the line LCD and the colors are not the same there not to mention our tank glass is tinted,
you have to just try and get whatever bulb it is you think is going to work
there are no blue 10ks and no 20ks with huge par