VHO Actinics - Coralife vs. URI?

[falconut]

I am going to order two 48" VHO 110W Actinic bulbs and need to know if the 48" (VHO, T12) Coralife Actinic 03, 110W are as good as or better than the 48" (VHO, T12) URI - Super Actinic R.

The place I was going to order from is currently out of the URI bulbs, but they have the Coralife bulbs. Should I buy them from somewhere else ot are the Coralife bulbs just as good?

The URI bulbs say 100% blue spectrum peaks at 420nm.

The Coralife bulbs say produce the majority of their light in the 400 to 490 nm (blue) range.

Plus the Coralife doesn't say anything about having an internal reflector.

 

[lvreefer]

Go with the URI bulbs!! What is also nice about the URI bulbs is you can get them at both 48" and 46.5". BTW, I tested the 48" VHO 10,000k Coralife (ESU) bulb back in the day and it had an internal reflector, but I'm not sure about the actinic variety.

 

[fishaholic911]

I agree with lvreefer

 

[swashbuckler]

ive "heard" that coralife's is visually more blue, but at the sacrifice of bio-floursence quality..... so URI is the clear winner - as it still brings lots of blue, but more violet into the tank.