brand of MH?

[jrhein]

I am about to purchase two 250watt mh bulbs and I was wondering what opions there are about the different brands. What brand seems to work the best when your looking for 10k bulbs?
Thanks for the input.

[alexwolf]

i love the Coravue bulbs.

[Tim Marvin]

COralvue!

[jrhein]

Where do you those at? I can't seem to find them on the hello lights site.

[Tim Marvin]

Greg, at 360 reef has them. He is a member here.

[oceancube]

oh man here we go, just when i make up my mind i see stats, or info on these different, ballast, i cant seem to find valuable infoon this, but if josh is right with these reviews, im kinda wondering now wth should i buy, we need someone to perform a real test to prove which is better for growth that is, i can easily add 2 actinic bulbs for blueish color, but im more toward growth as well, like josh i guess,im gonna try to researce more and see what i find!!thanks josh for the info, more would be greatly appriciated!

[oceancube]

he josh thanks alot, really great link, tells you everything about lighting, i just hope it's accurate! thanks again buddy!

[alexwolf]

i have to say, I am running the CV 20k DE on ARO ballasts, and it seems that it is the highest PAR for any of the 20k bulbs. That makes me happy. If I wanted to grow corals like weeds, I would use Iwasaki 6500k's, but I like to look at them. Thats why I chose the coralvue 20k's, theyre not overly blue, and dont kill the color like the XM 10k.

[alexwolf]

holy cow, I want PFO HQI ballasts......anyone want 3 ARO electronic ballasts lol?

[alexwolf]

XDE? I bet it still will fire my bulbs with more PAR

[oceancube]

well, i remember the days when i had my 250 xm20k se setup, never had problems with it, actually ran really nice, but know i see these de setups and there great,looks that is! ive been getting headache after headache wondering which will be the best!i guess i just need to go with one and stick with it!

[COBRA201]

XM!!