Ebay MH bulbs

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mat167

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There's an ebay store lse inc that has some really well priced MH bulbs. It does not, however, provide any specs other than the wattage and color temp. If anyone can give me a link to some par values that'd be nice. Or personal experiences with the bulbs from that place. Thanks.
 
I bought a pair of Plusrite 20k, 250 watt SE bulbs from trust_deals and after two months, I'm very happy with them. My corals have colored up nicely and they are growing well too. My friend got the 10k bulbs, but they were a little to yellow for his taste. He shipped them back and the guy replaced them with 20ks, without a hassle.
 
I plan on ordering a Odyssea fixture and I will have to replace the odyssea bulbs with something else. Do you guys have a link to the bulbs you bought?
 
I have the Plusrite 14k 175W SE bulbs from Trust Deals and very happy with them. My tank is FO so can't comment on the quality of the light for corals but the color of my 14k is right where I wanted it to be. I also use DIY Lumenbrite reflectors.
 
I was originally referring to lights from this place specifically, since the price is very low compared to other places. I remain suspicious of the quality however...
 
I'm on shift Wednesday, but I'll try to get a pic of my tank posted on Thursday, to give you an idea of how the 20ks look.
 
LSE = Trust Deals.

There are numerous posts on RC about this seller and their products and I don't recall anybody saying they've had problems. Some have said they didn't like the color or whatever but you get that with any bulb. I've had mine in use for several weeks now and so far I'm very happy. Very hard to beat for $20 each.
 
I bought some bulbs from a store on ebay (I'm at work so I can't tell you which one.) The bulbs were $10 each with $10 shipping for the first bulb and $5 for each thereafter. The "look" of the bulbs were great (I got 20,000K) but the par was awful!!! Plus one exploded over my frag tank and killed at least 20 frags. I then ended up buying the Reeflux 20k's I should have bought in the first place and was out the other $50.
Lesson learned, you generally get what you pay for and in this hobby not having adequate light over your reef tank is a waste of time and corals.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15711533#post15711533 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by hummermaniac88
They are no doubt a great value, but growth rate is still in question.
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I'll take some pics of some of my SPS and post them. I'll see if I have any "before" shots for comparison.
 
I bought the plusrite 20k and the color is really nice, I had a blueline 14k bulb and side by side comparison the plusrite was noticeably brighter, at most twice as much. The par for the blueline 14k are around 200~ish according to sanjay's data.
 
i don't know, i'd be scared, there are a few things i would rather pay for to know i was getting a quality product, lights are one of them. I love my phoenix hqi's from hellolights.com. and the people there are awesome.
 
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