Lighting Website Updates

[Sanjay]

Just updated the lighting website www.reeflightinginfo.arvixe.com today. It is now up to date with all the XM 15K lamps.

enjoy.

sanjay.

 

[Herbert T. Kornfeld]

Ouuuuch, those XM 15,000K results are crappy!

 

[Reefvet]

Ouuuuch, those XM 15,000K results are crappy!

It really makes you wonder why they bothered.

 

[loweryster]

I second that

 

[glipper69]

I third that

 

[ReefSurge]

Hey correct me if I am wrong, can't seem to grasp the Sanjay page on lamp results. Maybe I' getting too old for this math and electrical stuff.

Running PFO 250W and 400W standard ballasts, the 10,000K XM bulbs put out the most PAR, right?

 

[Phoneguy982]

PPFD = PAR .... so the higher the # then the higher the PAR.

 

[Nanook]

Thread stickied for easier access to our members!

Nanook

 

[ghever]

400w DE, any updates?

400w DE, any updates?

Still trying to figure out if it is worth switching over from my 250w DE running on an icecap ballast to a 400w DE on a PFO or Taiwan ballast makes sense right now?

I have a 120g cube, 30 inches tall....guy i bought it from used the 250 with good success, I guess the reflector on the pendant is a good one... so wondering if I would be better off keeping it for now, or would the 400w DE be a better upgrade and give me more coverage in a 30in tall tank?

thanks
G

 

[alrha]

i recently ordered 400W IceCap DE. but i dont see much i can compare them to on the site.

 

[scuba steveo]

Thanks for all the info!

 

[katchupoy]

Sanjay, I dont know if this has been asked already or maybe somebody here can point me to another link or something...

Why do coralvues have two different 10k's on their 250 watt bulbs...

Coralvue SE1 and Coralvue SE2

And how to tell which one you are buying...

Thank you.

 

[Sceadu]

Sanjay, I just received a PFO Shimmer light fixture. The MH bulbs supplied with the fixture are Krystal Star 175w 11k's. Ever heard of these? I did a search for these bulbs but to no avail.

 

[Sanjay]

Just got a complete set of PFO Krystal Star lamps, I am burning them in right now and will be testing them next month.

sanjay.

 

[Herbert T. Kornfeld]

1000watters?!?!? Ever?

 

[katchupoy]

Sanjay, I dont know if this has been asked already or maybe somebody here can point me to another link or something...

Why do coralvues have two different 10k's on their 250 watt bulbs...

Coralvue SE1 and Coralvue SE2

And how to tell which one you are buying...

Thank you.

 

[GoldStripe]

Based on his Sanjay's results, the Aqualine Buschke 250W 20000K DE bulbs I have with IceCap eBallasts are virtually worthless with a PPFD of only 38? And, the best I can hope for is a PPFD of 97? Someone out there correct me if I'm wrong but maybe I should get rid of my IceCap ballasts??

 

[The Grim Reefer]

If you are going to run 20K lamps and e ballasts you wont have much PAR. I'd go through and see which 20K lamp has the highest PAR on the IC ballasts and go with them. My 14K EVC's running an EVC e ballast measure 55 on Sanjay's site and in the real world I get over a little over 90 on the bottom of the tank (18" below the surface)

 

[Herbert T. Kornfeld]

My cousin runs his tanks with nothing but AB 20,000Ks (DE) on his HQI ballast. he gets great growth and awesome looking corals.

 

[Sanjay]

Sanjay, I dont know if this has been asked already or maybe somebody here can point me to another link or something...

Why do coralvues have two different 10k's on their 250 watt bulbs...

Coralvue SE1 and Coralvue SE2

And how to tell which one you are buying...

Thank you.

Often times I get multiple lamps of the same brand and color temp. I test them both and label them as 1 and 2. It gives some idea of the variation between the lamps.

Coralvue changes thier lamps so often that I have no idea what to expect from thier lamp.

sanjay.