How do Ice cap E-ballasts burn Pheonix 14k bulbs?
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Justin James
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Do you mean plus one Guisemann bulb or one Guisemann ballast with the icecaps?
A pic isn't going to tell you much, since it totally depends on your camera settings/monitor settings, etc. I think they're just blue enough...not as much as a 20k bulb....I've heard others describe them as making the tank look like blue toilet water, so it's pretty subjective.
Here's a recent pic where I think I have the best representation of, at least, what my eyes see when I look at my tank in person (meaning color, not brightness...I have to lower the camera exposure so corals don't glow white in the pic):
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RichConley
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blue toilet water IMO.
THat being said, I like the phoenix better on HQIs. My icecap also seems to burn through them faster than my HQI.
THat being said, I like the phoenix better on HQIs. My icecap also seems to burn through them faster than my HQI.
RichConley
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fwiw, I really disliked the phoenix on an electronic, but like it on an HQI. Most people feel the opposite.
SD Guy, thanks for the pic.
Looking at the numbers, the par looked a bit better on an HQI ballast but it seems that often enough the color temp is higher with an e-ballast which would shift the color more to blue and correspondingly drop the par some.
I ask about this bulb because it has pretty good par for a bluer bulb. Blue toilet water is pretty blue though. Can anyone make a suggestion for a 250 watt DE bulb that may be not quite as blue as the phoenix but still has a definitive blue hue and still has good par?
I actually like the color of the Iwasaki 50000K de 150 watt bulbs or maybe with a little more blue that that. But that reference probably doesnt help because of the wattage difference with the Iwasaki being a 150 watt bulb, and that I dont think too many people have used that bulb. But it is crisp whitem definitely more white than blue but has a definite blue (actually purplish) tint.
Thanks
Looking at the numbers, the par looked a bit better on an HQI ballast but it seems that often enough the color temp is higher with an e-ballast which would shift the color more to blue and correspondingly drop the par some.
I ask about this bulb because it has pretty good par for a bluer bulb. Blue toilet water is pretty blue though. Can anyone make a suggestion for a 250 watt DE bulb that may be not quite as blue as the phoenix but still has a definitive blue hue and still has good par?
I actually like the color of the Iwasaki 50000K de 150 watt bulbs or maybe with a little more blue that that. But that reference probably doesnt help because of the wattage difference with the Iwasaki being a 150 watt bulb, and that I dont think too many people have used that bulb. But it is crisp whitem definitely more white than blue but has a definite blue (actually purplish) tint.
Thanks
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