Ebay MH bulbs
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lordofthereef
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Here are the bulbs after 15 seconds and 15 minutes of firing, respectively:
Pics don't do it justice as far as brightness, but I think you can get a good idea of the color. Don't have tank set up yet, but will get a pic of that too once I do.
Pics don't do it justice as far as brightness, but I think you can get a good idea of the color. Don't have tank set up yet, but will get a pic of that too once I do.
lordofthereef
One reef to rule them all
No bubble wrap on mine, but with the amount of packing peanuts I don't feel TOO ripped off
tangtang clown
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I couldn't see what temp the bulb in your pic was LOR, but the color looks nice. Are you building a tank now?
xJake
Active member
I'm free the whole day tomorrow, so I will be sure to get some more readings and post them.
Until then, here are some more photos (I didn't get around to correcting the color-balance on a most of them, so the color might not be exactly accurate).
This was taken through a polarizer, so obviously it's not a good representation of the brightness. It's more to show the color of the light.
Pink/orange Monti Cap
Left to right - Slippery Tongue Coral (Polyphyllia sp.), Frogspawn (Euphyllia paradivisa), and Pagoda Cup Coral (Turbinaria peltata). My male A. ocellaris clownfish managed to sneak in there too.
I just realized this photo is completely out of focus. Looks like my auto-focus targeted the coralline algae in the back... haha.
My 2 Acans, and various other LPS and SPS corals. You can also see my Tridacna squamosa clam on the right, which seems to be absolutely loving the new lights - it's mantle is bigger than I've ever seen it.
You can really see the nice white rim the pink/orange monti cap is starting to develop. I'm starting to see noticeable daily growth in most of my SPS corals, which is very exciting.
65-gallon Hex tank on the front table in the lab (175w Blueline E-ballast). There are 2 juvenile snowflake eels (Echidna nebulosa) in there somewhere, once their new 240-gallon tank is set up I'll be changing this tank into a reef tank.
Finally, I also did a quick little hack job with lordofthereef's and my photos, which hopefully lordofthereef doesn't mind. This should give everyone some comparison on the color values that the lights produce. As an added touch I used the eyedropper tool on each bulb to select the text color.
Until then, here are some more photos (I didn't get around to correcting the color-balance on a most of them, so the color might not be exactly accurate).
This was taken through a polarizer, so obviously it's not a good representation of the brightness. It's more to show the color of the light.
Pink/orange Monti Cap
Left to right - Slippery Tongue Coral (Polyphyllia sp.), Frogspawn (Euphyllia paradivisa), and Pagoda Cup Coral (Turbinaria peltata). My male A. ocellaris clownfish managed to sneak in there too.
I just realized this photo is completely out of focus. Looks like my auto-focus targeted the coralline algae in the back... haha.
My 2 Acans, and various other LPS and SPS corals. You can also see my Tridacna squamosa clam on the right, which seems to be absolutely loving the new lights - it's mantle is bigger than I've ever seen it.
You can really see the nice white rim the pink/orange monti cap is starting to develop. I'm starting to see noticeable daily growth in most of my SPS corals, which is very exciting.
65-gallon Hex tank on the front table in the lab (175w Blueline E-ballast). There are 2 juvenile snowflake eels (Echidna nebulosa) in there somewhere, once their new 240-gallon tank is set up I'll be changing this tank into a reef tank.
Finally, I also did a quick little hack job with lordofthereef's and my photos, which hopefully lordofthereef doesn't mind. This should give everyone some comparison on the color values that the lights produce. As an added touch I used the eyedropper tool on each bulb to select the text color.
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lordofthereef
One reef to rule them all
14000k... I guess I labeled it in photobucket but forgot to label it here. Yes I am in the process of building a tank. Really have everything I need just need to find the time to get everything together. Coming along slowly though
lordofthereef
One reef to rule them all
Took about three days to get the bulbs but I wasn't home on the day of delivery so I had to actually wait four.
Amoore311
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Well my DE Bulbs were packaged well, they had no "Plusrite" markings on the packaging or bulb though. Here's some pictures of the Packaging, and the tank. Please excuse the cloudiness of the tank, I literally JUST finished moving everything from the 90 to the new 180 an hour ago.
I got the 250 Watt DE HQI 14K bulbs. Tank shot is with the halide bulbs only, no actinics.
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg215/amoore2326/DSC_0015.jpg?t=1254630061
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg215/amoore2326/DSC_0010.jpg?t=1254629934
Cut/Paste the Links..... Pictures are huge lol
I got the 250 Watt DE HQI 14K bulbs. Tank shot is with the halide bulbs only, no actinics.
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg215/amoore2326/DSC_0015.jpg?t=1254630061
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg215/amoore2326/DSC_0010.jpg?t=1254629934
Cut/Paste the Links..... Pictures are huge lol
lordofthereef
One reef to rule them all
Looks good
I am not sure that the HQI's are also plusrite (unless you asked). I only asked aout the SE bulbs myself.
I am not sure that the HQI's are also plusrite (unless you asked). I only asked aout the SE bulbs myself.
tangtang clown
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What brand are the DE bulbs? Anybody else using them? Tank color looks nice Amoore.
Amoore311
New member
There are absolutely no markings on the bulbs at all. The HQI ones that I got that is.
This is the response I got from the seller when I asked what brand the bulbs were:
"These are by LSE Coral."
I like them a lot to be perfectly honest. We shall see how they do over the long haul. I had some really old T5 Bulbs over the old 90 Gallon, so pretty much any bulb would have made these corals happy in the short term lol.
I'll take another picture in a couple weeks once the bulbs get a good burn in, and we'll compare that to my original shots.
This is the response I got from the seller when I asked what brand the bulbs were:
"These are by LSE Coral."
I like them a lot to be perfectly honest. We shall see how they do over the long haul. I had some really old T5 Bulbs over the old 90 Gallon, so pretty much any bulb would have made these corals happy in the short term lol.
I'll take another picture in a couple weeks once the bulbs get a good burn in, and we'll compare that to my original shots.
I just received 3 150w DE 14k bulbs and they are all marked on the bulb " Plusrite 150w 14k" that is on the bulb itself and the boxes are all marked also. I bought these from the LSE people on ebay thru trustdeals.The last bulbs I got were phoenix and there was no marks on those bulbs. I am going to install these tonight after the halides go off and cool for a while. Hopefully the color is about the same as what I have in there now.
reefnjunkie
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What Par levels did you get?
reefnjunkie
Member
The DE are Plusrite as well. I've been using his bulbs for years and did a side by side with (Coarlifes') SPS bulbs-I think it was coralife-anyway for 4 times the money ZERO visable difference and negligible on the PAR meter..
I have the DE 250 MH 20K bulbs
Thanks xJake for the detailed par levels, it took me a few pages to get their but I did.
I was going to post my par readings if it was not noted. That seller is awesome, I bought a 65 watt Coralife PC bulb, it fried on day 2, and he sent me another one, no questions.
I get my UV bulbs from him as well 9.00 versus 30.00-great deals
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