Which MH bulb shoud I get?

[RockoC87]

I am getting a new 150 watt metal halide bulb, but can't decide between the XM 15000k DE bulb, and the Ushio 14000k DE bulb. Does anybody know which brand is better as far as color quality, or does anybody have experience with either of these two bulbs? [/img]

[brewercm]

Are you going to be using any actinic support or is this going to be the primary bulb for this tank? The XM 15K bulbs have not gotten very good reviews for their PAR rating. Haven't heard anything on the Ushio 14K either. If this is going on a nano tank it I doubt that PAR rating is going to be an issue though.

Below is another option if you want to try their 14K DE bulb and it's only $48. I've had good experience with the EVC Tech ballasts but haven't used the bulbs myself though. They have other 150 watt DE bulbs also along with many other places.

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

[mathias]

I love my xm 20k bulb I love it and so do my fish and coral :)

[RockoC87]

I have 2 96 watt power compact actinic supplements with the bulb

[RockoC87]

so, the evc tech is good? i need it to be somewhat blue, cuz i currently have a current 10k 150 watt metal halide that came with the outer orbit, and with the sctinics it still looks too yellow for me, i want to get a good price too, so that evc tech is looking pretty good as far as price too.