MH bulbs help

[fishtk75]

All of you that use MH which ones work good for you,how long they lasted and were you got them?

 

[spoon25]

i have 15k reef grow bulbs, the color is great.....not sure of the par value or anything since sanjay hasnt tested them yet....wish i had a set of iwakis 14k, i hear lots of good things about them, i havent seen any great growth with these bulbs i have had about 3 weeks now, the only thing is i have sprouted 2 mushrooms out from under the rockworks,and also 3 kenya sprouts haves shown up.....wish i would have something else at least something that has been tested and proven besides these bulbs.....

 

[tnyr5]

what wattage MH are you looking at?

 

[spoon25]

250 watt

 

[fishtk75]

I have 250's
looking for idea's

 

[tnyr5]

i use xm 10k 250's and they work great. I also use the iwasaki 14k on my aunts 20g sps tank, but it only comes in 175 watt.

 

[dweakl01]

I'm using a stock 14k Coralife 150w tat came with my fixture. I don't really like the bulb. I looked at some pics of a Phoenix 150w 14k and it looks rockin'. Think I'm gonna try it.

 

[richfavinger]

I use XM 10k 250w lamps, I may try XK 15k's or maybe some other over 10k lamps for the next set.
Here you can see lamps type, color, and PAR ratings.
http://www.cnidarianreef.com/lamps.cfm

 

[ctsieber]

I like EVC's. I had 2 - 250watt ones over my 120g tank

http://oceanencounter.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=OE&Category_Code=D

 

[fishtk75]

thanks