Who's using Coralvue Reeflux on their SPS tanks?

[Lionfan]

guys, i just installed my 175W 10K reflux bulbs and they appear yellow right now, bare in mind they have only been on about 5 minutes. Is it normal for them to look yellow in there very early stage?

 

[dougchambers]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6760116#post6760116 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Lionfan
guys, i just installed my 175W 10K reflux bulbs and they appear yellow right now, bare in mind they have only been on about 5 minutes. Is it normal for them to look yellow in there very early stage?

Which ballast are you running? We have the 250W 10,000K Reeflux bulbs on the CoralVue eBallasts and there isn't a hint of any yellow. - Doug

 

[Wayner2]

I just put in a new 10K De 250 Reeflux, only been running an hour but it looks pinkish, this is on a evc electronic ballast, does the pink go away during burn in?

 

[CAreefer]

Here is the Reeflux 12k (left) Reeflux 10k (center) and Radium 20k (right)
All SE, on PFO HQI in LAIII's. 320 watts of VHO also. Hard to get a good picture, setting white balance with 3 different k bulbs is a nightmare.

CAReefer

 

[onthefly]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6760971#post6760971 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Wayner2
does the pink go away during burn in?

Mine runs on an IC....the pink and purple went away after a week or two.

 

[coolfishy101]

coolfishy......the CV 10K or the CV ReefLux 10K......i can't imagine how the XM 15K is brighter. My 12K's on both first mag ballasts and now e-ballasts are brighter than XM 15K's, so the 10K's have to be brighter.

I'm sorry, I have the original CV 10K. I thought they were the same bulb. Those pics look different from my tank, maybe I got a pair of bad bulbs? The CV's are too pink...?

 

[jgleach]

Has anyone had issues with the 400w reeflux 12K SE bulbs firing on standard M59 mag ballasts? I ordered one along with a 250w 12K and although there was no problem with the 250w, the 400w did not fire at all. I just received a replacement and it will not fire either. Is this a known issue or am I just unlucky enough to get 2 bad bulbs?

Jeff

 

[Bigred]

I have 5 Reeflux 400w SE 12k's and they all work fine on my M59 ballasts. I had XM 20k's before these bulbs and they look just about the same color wise. I think next time I'll go with the 10k's. I even turn my actinics off during the day so it's less blue.

 

[Don Berry]

I've been running the DE 12K's on HQI ballasts and I am really happy with the color and brightness. They are more white than the Phoenix 14K I was running, but are visually brighter and more natural looking. They look like they put out some good PAR on a HQI Ballast.

 

[Kurt448]

I am running the 10K 250 Watt Reeflux with two actinic VHO's and an aquablue T5. I must say that these bulbs really bring out the blue tones in my corals. The reds and pinks aren't as intense as before, but it isn't too much of a difference. I am very impressed so far and look forward to seeing how they all color up in the comming months. I think if I didn't have all the actinic supplementation I have now I would try the 12 K's. BTW I was running both Ushios and XM 10K's before.

 

[falconut]

Kurt448 - Do you like these bulbs better than the XM 10K's? What ballast are you running? I have a M58.

 

[want2reef]

Don

Are you getting the pop out of your corals now, that you did with the phoenix bulbs?

 

[gjuarez3]

reeflux 10k

reeflux 10k with VHO supplimentation

 

[gjuarez3]

BTW, sps coming soon

 

[Kurt448]

falconut - Personally, I like the color of the Coralvue 10K bulbs more than the XM 10K's. Of course this is a purely subjective opinion. I just like them because they make the blues and greens pop even more. BTW I have a PFO HQI Dual ballast, it is the same as yours.

Here is a picture of my tank with the Coralvue's.

 

[merlock116]

i've been running the reeflux 10k 400w on hqi for about a year now and very satisfied with the color and growth.

i needed to replace my DE 150w phoenix 14k bulb so i got a 10k reeflux since i liked the SE variety. wow... the 150 DE bulb is incredibly bright visually, almost as bright as the XM 10k 150 DE I have.

Sanjay said he would be testing the 150w DE reeflux 10k one of these days.

 

[Ready Salted Reefer]

I am running CVReeflux 12K 400W se on Maxibright Magnetic HPS ballasts and Maxigrow reflectors . I thought they were too blue at first but now they have burnt in there is a bit more white. I used to run 10K BLV and these were way brighter but also very yellow after 6 months . Im sure they have a lot less intensety so much so that I have noticed the blue tips on my A.Valida just fading slightly . I have seen Radium 20Ks and I think these look brighter than the CVR 12 , anyone tested these bulbs yet ? I think I should have tryed CVR 10Ks instead going by the feedback on here . Cool thread people

 

[falconut]

Kurt448 - That looks great.