Metal Halide Bulbs

[falcondob]

Been out of the loop for a while. What MH bulb is everyone running now?

I have a fairly deep tank (36"). Have a mixture of 250W DE and 400W SE.

Thanks in advance.

[ErikH]

I use the 10k Aqualine Bushke bulbs on my icecap 250DE and it will scare your corals, then make them multiply like mad. I looked up all the info on Sanjay's site before buying and it was well worth it.

[alton]

On the SE lamps 12K Reeflux, but they run on electronic ballast. With Mag ballast they run at 75% capacity. Radium 20K is another hot one, once again electronic ballast.

[falcondob]

I use the 10k Aqualine Bushke bulbs on my icecap 250DE and it will scare your corals, then make them multiply like mad. I looked up all the info on Sanjay's site before buying and it was well worth it.

Are you also running actinic?

[DrMark]

On my small tank I just switched to hamilton 14K 250w de x2
On big tank radium 20K 400w x2
At store all radiums both 250s and 400s, no actinics needed

[Big_Pun]

I'm running a 12k reeflux DE coralvue ballast no actnics, tank is 24 inches deep

[Paul28]

does anyone use XM anymore thats all ive ever used

[Paul28]

on PFO Bal

[alton]

XM is a Probe start Lamp and works best with Magnetic Ballast. In 2009 all ballast made must be Electronic or Electro-Magnetic because of energy savings. All lamp companies will have to switch over to a pulse start lamp.

[Shu]

I have a question on what to run. I have 2 super actinic vho and 2 250 metal halides. I want the blue look. I get it when my halides are off. What should I get for my halides to get the blue look but not overpowering.